Plant Tissue Culture: Genomics, Proteomics, Transcriptomics, and Metabolomics Approaches

Dear Colleagues,

Since Dr. Gottlieb Haberlandt made several predictions about the development of in vitro-cultured cells in 1902, the study and use of plant tissue culture have evolved extraordinarily to become how important they are today, both for the study of basic aspects of plant cell biology and for the development of technologies that are now commercially available.

The study of biological phenomena involving plant cells has benefited from using omic tools. In this Special Issue, we wish to compile—in the form of reviews, technical notes, and original research work—the most advanced information on using these tools in the study and development of plant tissue culture. The use of transcriptomics in the study of somatic embryogenesis and cell differentiation, proteomics in germplasm conservation studies, and genomics in obtaining haploids and hybrids, as well as the use of metabolomics during the study of the production of secondary metabolites in suspension cultures, are examples of how new technologies are allowing leaps and bounds of progress in understanding these biological phenomena.

We invite our colleagues from the field of tissue culture who are using omic techniques to contribute to this Special Issue and create an invaluable source of information for the plant science community.  

Specific topics of interest of this Special Issue include the following but not limited:

• The use of transcriptomics during the establishment of somatic embryogenesis.
• The proteomic study of cell differentiation.
• The metabolomic analysis of the production of secondary metabolites by plant tissue culture.
• The study of gene expression during the establishment of in vitro plant tissue culture.
• Genomic studies during the production of haploids.
• The use of transcriptomics during the study of plant regeneration.
• Stress alterations in cell differentiation and metabolome in plants.
• Proteomic and transcriptomic analyses of callogenesis.
• Transcriptome study of the auxin-inducing rooting of calluses.
• Genomic analysis of lncRNA in embryogenic competence.
• Metabolomic analysis of high-value metabolites from callus culture.
• Study of the genes related to somatic embryogenesis.
• Omic studies during the cryopreservation of germplasm.
• Proteomic studies of the induction of somatic embryogenesis.
• Genome-wide studies of the homeostasis of plant growth regulators in plant tissue culture.
• Genomic study of the genetic stability of plants produced in temporary immersion bioreactors.

Dr. Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas
Prof. Dr. Neftalí Ochoa-Alejo
Guest Editors

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• plant cell tissue culture
• genomics
• transcriptomics
• epigenomics
• proteomics
• metabolomic plant cell differentiation
• somatic embryogenesis
• plant growth regulators