Molecular Breeding and Stress Physiology in Horticultural Crops
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Horticultural Science and Ornamental Plants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 5864
Special Issue Editors
Interests: stress physiology; bioengineering; postharvest
Interests: orchid biotechnology; plant micropropagation; precision breeding technology
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Interests: systems biology; molecular plant nutrition
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Horticultural crops play an irreplaceable role in the human diet and health, also bringing considerable economic benefits; they are widely grown all over the world, but their yield and quality are largely influenced by the limitation of breeding technology and climate changes. Therefore, developing novel breeding strategies, improving the agronomic traits of horticultural crops and enhancing resistance to environmental stresses have been hot research topics in recent years.
Thanks to the development of molecular biotechnology, the underlying mechanisms that regulate the biological development and stress response of horticultural crops have been gradually elucidated. This has laid the foundation for us to develop excellent horticultural crops.
This Special Issue aims to collect scientific works (original research articles, reviews, opinions and communications) related to molecular breeding, quantitative genetics, stress physiology in horticultural crops and research studies that address the main constraints of horticultural crop production.
Dr. I-Chun Pan
Dr. Jian-Zhi Huang
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schmidt
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- horticultural crop
- molecular breeding
- stress physiology
- biotechnology
- environmental stresses