Contribution of Omics Sciences to Agricultural Biotechnology
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Cell Methods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 241
Special Issue Editors
Interests: proteomics/metabolomics/lipidomics; systems biology; post-translational modifications; plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses; omics for health and disease
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Interests: bioinformatics; computational biology; genomics; transcriptomics; population genomics; molecular breeding
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Interests: omics sciences; molecular biology; metabolomics; mass spectrometry; plant responses to biotic and abiotic stress
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Omics sciences facilitate a systems biology approach to unravel the intricate interactions among genes, proteins, and metabolites that shape phenotypes. This holistic strategy depends significantly on high-throughput technologies, bioinformatics, large-scale computational analyses, and diverse biological disciplines. As a result, it drives advancements in (i) improving crop quality and yield; (ii) enhancing the nutritional composition of agrifoods; (iii) deepening our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying resistance to (a)biotic stresses; and (iv) deciphering the functional dynamics of plant–microbe interactions.
This Special Issue invites contributions that explore these themes, encompassing experimental studies, computational modeling based on basic cell biology experiments, methodological innovations, and comprehensive reviews. Interdisciplinary approaches integrating diverse fields of biology are particularly encouraged to deepen our understanding of these complex biological phenomena.
Dr. Sara Rinalducci
Dr. Nunzio D'Agostino
Dr. Giuseppina Fanelli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- omics technologies
- bioinformatics
- systems biology
- data mining
- knowledge discovery
- metabolic engineering
- genetic engineering
- plant biotechnologies
- agrifoods
- (a)biotic stress resilience
- plant–microbe interactions
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