Research Advances in Rice: Molecular Genetics and Breeding
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (16 January 2023) | Viewed by 2437
Special Issue Editors
Interests: crop; genome; QTL-mapping; GWAS
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Interests: population genetics; genomics; bioinformatics; post-GWAS
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Interests: plant genetics; rice breeding; plant molecular biology; plant functional genomics; biotic stress; leaf senescence disease resistance; spikelet and grain development
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Half of the world's population eats rice (Oryza sativa L.), which is also the model monocot plant species for genomic research. Since the rice genome was fully sequenced two decades ago, significant progress has been made in the field of genetic and genomic research. This includes the genetic mapping of a vast number of genes/QTL that regulate numerous crucial features, as well as the cloning and characterization of more than 600 rice genes. While these developments have greatly increased our understanding of rice, there are still numerous obstacles to overcome before we can use this vast repository of genomic and genetic data to develop breeding techniques that are more productive and successful for further advancements in rice.
This Special Issue aims to present recent studies on molecular genetics and breeding in rice. We welcome submissions of original research, systematic reviews, and review articles, including but not limited to the following topics:
- New methods, tools, and databases to integrate omics data from different sources;
- Genetic basis for plant complex traits by integrating genomics, genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, microbiomics, and so on;
- High-quality assembly of Oryza genomes;
- Physiological, biochemical, and metabolic studies that examine the impact of unfavorable abiotic stress on various attributes of plant survival mechanisms.
Dr. Weilong Kong
Dr. Hua Zhong
Prof. Dr. Zhaohai Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- omics
- genome
- complex traits
- crop improvement
- abiotic stress
- QTLs
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