Unraveling Omics Based Technologies in Enhancing Abiotic Stress in Genus Rosa: Progress and Prospects

By : Abbu Zaid , Khosro Balilashaki , Maryam Vahedi , Shabir H. Wani

Page No: 25-38

Abstract
Rose (Rosa spp.) is the key component of the floral industry owing to its unique flower colors. It is also considered as one of the most important commercial crops in the flavor and fragrance industries. There are numerous conventional breeding methods as well as cutting-edge biotechnological techniques that have been successfully employed for the genetic development of this plant with immense industrial demand. On this note, there are several ‘omics’ approaches and tactics that offer huge prospects to explore molecular skeleton as well as discover the most vital genes that could assist in developing ideal genotypes suitable to the changing scale of climate. The ‘Omics’ technology combines the genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics information into a specific data set and could lead to the detection of unspecified genes and their controlling setups associated with the targeted metabolic pathways. Since past 10 years on more an accelerated advancement has been documented in applications of omics technologies in genus Rosa. Majority of the reports emphasized on DNA sequencing, detection of genes linked with ornamental traits of interest, physical and genetic mapping; functional assay of genomes for other morphological traits, marker-based diversity analysis, as well as identification, isolation and genetic transformation of genes, linked with biosynthetic pathways. The present review is a discussion over such omics applications based on their success, bottlenecks and future prospectus under changing climatic scenario. This documentation will help the interested researchers in a better and lucid way to understand how omics approaches could be fruitfully utilized in Rosa spp. to enhance its quality traits and to ensure its values in ornamental flower industry.

Authors :
Khosro Balilashaki : Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agricultural Science, University of Guilan, Iran.
Maryam Vahedi : Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Horticultural Sciences and Plant Protection, University of Tehran, Karaj 31587, Iran.
Abbu Zaid : Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Section, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India.
Shabir H. Wani : Mountain Research Centre for Field Crops, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPSR.2019.35.01.3