Molecular Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology of Crop Plants Breeding—Series III
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Breeding and Genetics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2022) | Viewed by 2174
Special Issue Editor
Interests: mutational breeding; genome-wide association studies; quality traits; grain crops; molecular plant breeding
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Dear Colleagues,
Genetic improvements in crop plants are greatly facilitated by molecular markers because a single technology platform can assist selection across traits and plant species. The current demand for plant-based protein calls for reviving the breeding of legumes, where molecular markers can speed up the introgression of traits from historic cultivar and heirloom plant collections. Array-based markers have their advantages, but for many plant species, these are not available and seem less useful for allele mining in landraces. Genotyping-by-sequencing is a cost-efficient alternative for smaller crops and vegetables. Molecular markers are already being used to explore genotype-by-environment interaction, and a new challenge is the “enviromics” of breeding cultivars for the Target Population of Environments (TPE).
We welcome research papers and reviews on the use of molecular marker technologies, genomics selection, site-directed mutagenesis, gene-discovery by genome-wide association studies, and biotechnology in crop plants. In particular, improving the quality traits and productivity of crops for food, feed, and industrial uses and the above-mentioned themes are especially welcome.
Prof. Dr. Søren Kjærsgaard Rasmussen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- molecular marker technology
- functional markers
- precision breeding
- Crispr/cas9 mutagenesis
- genome-wide association studies
- genomic selection and prediction
- phylogeny
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