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  "abstract": "With the escalating impacts of climate change, drought stress (DS) is significantly decreasing water accessibility and availability, causing substantial direct and indirect economic repercussions within agricultural systems. Addressing the needs of a growing global population necessitates urgent advancements in breeding DS-tolerant crops while maintaining high yields. This urgency demands a fast and adaptable defensive strategy to mitigate the adverse effects of DS on crop productivity. Accelerating such developments requires leveraging advanced omics-assisted breeding (e.g., genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics), genetic engineering (e.g., transgenic technology, and genome editing), machine learning, precise phenotyping, crop wild relatives, and speed breeding. These fast-forward methods present highly promising avenues for the design of future crops that can withstand DS pressures. In summary, we propose an innovative approach termed the “OGS trio,” which encompasses omics integration, genetic engineering, and speed breeding. This trio stands composed to transform efforts against DS, offering significant potential for developing drought-tolerant crops to achieve and food security amidst climate change.",
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    "State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Hangzhou, 310006, China",
    "The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, 6009, Australia",
    "College of Arts & Sciences, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL, 36088, USA",
    "Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA",
    "Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research On Sustainable Intensification, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA",
    "WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia",
    "Department of Agricultural Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology, Biotechnology & Food Science, 3036, Lemesos, Cyprus"
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