Advances in Germplasm Evaluation and Breeding of Horticultural Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 194
Special Issue Editors
2. Key Laboratory of South Subtropical Fruit Biology and Genetic Resource Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangzhou 510640, China
Interests: genetic diversity; germplasm evaluation; banana; Musa spp.; fusarium wilt; genetic improvement and breeding; fruit nutrition and quality
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Interests: solanaceae; fruit ripening; specialized metabolites; horticulture
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Horticultural plants play a significant role in everyday life by diversifying human diets, providing nutritious nourishment, and enhancing our living environment, among other functions. Genetic improvement and breeding in horticultural plants are rewarding activities which rely heavily on germplasm evaluation and a thorough understanding of the existing genetic diversity. During the past ten years, significant progress has been achieved in the research area of horticultural plants due to the rapid development and utilization of advanced technologies, such as genomics, phenomics, and enviromics.
This Special Issue will focus on “Recent Advances in Germplasm Evaluation and Breeding of Horticultural Plants”. We welcome novel research, reviews, opinions, methods, etc., covering all related topics, including germplasm evaluation, genetic diversity, genetics, genomics, metabonomics, phenotyping, and the physiological responses of horticultural plants. Moreover, this Special Issue also intends to report the recent advances in horticultural plants' breeding, including the development of molecular markers tightly linked to important traits, the identification of gene(s) responsible for horticultural traits, new cultivar development in major horticultural crops, gene regulatory networks and epigenetic landscapes, new developments and discoveries such as precision genetic technologies (e.g gene editing) for targeted trait improvement.
Prof. Dr. Ou Sheng
Prof. Dr. Shaohua Zeng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- genetic diversity
- germplasm evaluation
- phenotyping
- genomics
- enviromics
- genetic improvement
- germplasm innovation
- physiological responses
- breeding
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