Enhancing Crop Resiliency through Innovative Breeding Techniques: Paving the Way for Sustainable Agriculture
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 2063
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Interests: quantitative genetics; abiotic stress; biotic stress; genetic diversity; crop science; molecular plant breeding
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Interests: breeding science; quantitative genetics; GWAS; genomic and phenomic prediction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change and the resulting extreme weather events, such as drought, floods, heatwaves, and pests, pose significant challenges to global food security. To address these challenges, it is essential to develop crops that can withstand and adapt to changing environmental conditions. Crop resiliency is a key trait that can ensure sustainable crop production and mitigate the negative effects of climate change on agriculture. In recent years, innovative breeding techniques have shown great promise in enhancing crop resiliency and developing sustainable agriculture. These techniques include the use of molecular markers, genetic engineering, and gene editing, phenomics, and others.
This Special Issue aims to bring together the latest research and developments in the field of crop breeding techniques and their application to enhance crop resiliency. The included articles cover a wide range of crops and regions, highlighting the importance of crop resiliency in different agricultural systems. These papers present cutting-edge research on the development of crops that can tolerate drought, salinity, pests, and other environmental stresses. Furthermore, this Special Issue showcases innovative breeding techniques that are used to accelerate the development of new crop varieties that are more resilient to changing environmental conditions.
Therefore, in this Special Issue, we will publish reviews and original research papers that emphasize the importance of enhancing crop resiliency through innovative breeding techniques as a means of paving the way for sustainable agriculture. The articles in this Special Issue provide an excellent resource for researchers, plant breeders, and policymakers who are working towards ensuring food security and sustainability in the face of climate change worldwide.
Dr. Antônio Teixeira do Amaral Junior
Dr. Freddy Mora-Poblete
Dr. Talles de Oliveira Santos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- multi-OMICs approaches (genomics, phenomics, proteomics, etc.)
- high-throughput techniques
- QTL mapping
- GWAS
- genome sequencing
- functional genomics
- genome editing
- gene regulations
- epigenetic modifications
- food security
- crop improvement
- speed breeding
- plant biotechnology
- genomic selection
- sustainability
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