4.2          Prioritized target traits in crop plants

4.2.1  Insect pest resistance

-               Lepidoptera

-               Sucking pests

-               Coleoptera and Diptera

4.2.2    Disease resistance

-               Viruses

-               Fungi (blights; wilts)

-               Bacteria

4.2.3    Abiotic stress tolerance

-               Drought

-               Salinity

-               Excessive moisture and water logging

4.2.4    Quality improvement

-               Macro – nutrients

-               Micro – nutrients

-               Processing quality

-               Consumer preferences

4.2.5    Enhancing shelf-life

4.2.6    Engineering male sterility (with strategy for fertility restoration) for breeding hybrids in self-pollinated crops

4.2.7    Development of apomictic hybrids the seeds of which farmers can save and plant.