Archive · 21 May 2025
Omics Integration Urged for Advancing Agricultural Research
Scientists are being encouraged to use new technologies like omics to help improve farming.
Omics is a type of technology that studies things like genes in plants.
A recent meeting discussed how these technologies can help plants grow better and produce more food, especially as the climate changes.
Using these tools, researchers hope to solve problems like crops not growing well and changing weather conditions.
More money should be invested in these fields.
The meeting included scientists, teachers, and students.
The goal is to make farming better for everyone.
Sanjay Kumar Singh emphasized the need for integrating precision-driven technologies.
The call was made at a national symposium on omics in plant biology.
The symposium was organized by ICAR–IISR.
Discussions centered on genomics, genome editing, and computational biology.
The goal is to improve crop productivity amid changing environmental conditions.
- Who
- Sanjay Kumar Singh, ICAR, and researchers, faculty, and students.
- What
- Integration of omics technologies in agricultural research is being encouraged to address challenges.
- When
- May 20, 2025, and published on May 21, 2025.
- Where
- ICAR–Indian Institute of Spices Research (ICAR–IISR), Kozhikode, Kerala.
- Why
- To address challenges posed by climate change, environmental stress, and rising food demand.
- Event
- National symposium on omics in plant biology
- Organizer
- ICAR–IISR
- Key Topics
- Genomics, genome editing, computational biology
- Speaker
- Sanjay Kumar Singh
- Attendees
- Researchers, faculty, and students