Genomics and Genetic Diversity in Vegetable Crops
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Genetics, Genomics, Breeding, and Biotechnology (G2B2)".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 April 2025 | Viewed by 162
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pepper; plant physiology; gene functional analysis; plant biotechnology; genetics and genomics
Interests: agriculture; biotechnology; gene mapping; genetics and genomics
Interests: Caspicum; genetics; omics; secondary metabolites
Interests: solanaceae vegetables; plant immunity; plant physiology; plant biochemistry
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Dear Colleagues,
Vegetable crops are an important source of people’s daily diet and are widely eaten around the world because they are rich in health-promoting vitamins and mineral nutrients. With a growing global population and increasing demand for nutritious food, there is an urgent need to improve vegetable production, quality, and resilience to environmental challenges. At present, genomics and genetic diversity research have become powerful tools to achieve the improvement in vegetable varieties by revealing the genetic basis and improving the important genetic traits.
This Special Issue aims to collect the latest research results in the field of vegetable genomics and genetic diversity. This Special Issue focuses on the research progress of the genetic regulation mechanism of key traits and the development of excellent varieties of vegetables by using modern biotechnology such as genomics in growth and development and resistance to abiotic stress. All kinds of vegetables are welcome, including but not limited to peppers, cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, watermelons, melons, broccoli, and carrots.
Dr. Zhoubin Liu
Dr. Junheng Lv
Dr. Zhangsheng Zhu
Dr. Zhiqin Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- vegetables
- genomics
- genetic diversity
- growth and development
- biotic and abiotic stresses
- molecular mechanism
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