ABSTRACT
Many terrestrial races and wild relatives of radish have the potential to be used in breeding for higher yields and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Increase the genetic potential of radish varieties for important traits by concentrating on diverse genetic germplasm and reviving research into radish genomics. This provides the framework for future attempts to boost radish genetic potential for important traits. Radish breeders should concentrate identifying favorable alleles so that they may utilize them to domesticate donor alleles gained from wild relatives of cultivated radish groups. This would allow for fast access to critical alleles that boost radish production, nutritional content, organoleptic quality, and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses, which is critical for the crop’s future growth as a food crop. Allele mining is a cutting-edge technology for studying the allelic diversity of candidate genes for critical phenotypes. This chapter demonstrates how successfully “mining” methodologies may be utilized to enhance allele discovery tactics in a breeding program’s pre-breeding phase, hence enhancing the program’s potential.
