Seeds: Chips of Agriculture
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 1265
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ecological modelling; stress memory; epigenetics; plant physiology; seeds; biotic and abiotic stresses
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Seeds are a cornerstone for higher plant genetic resource storage and dissemination in the wild and agriculture. They are key starting materials for most human food production and have high potential as innovative raw materials for biotechnology. However, stresses impact seed physiological characteristics, such as germination efficiency and storage capacity. Low seed batch quality affects seedling vigor and early growth, resulting in agricultural production level/quality decline and reducing conservation/restoration initiatives’ success rate. Overcoming the lack of germplasm resources and dysfunction of soil seed banks and anticipating the effects of climate change are critical in the outbreak of economic and ecological crises such as food production and biodiversity preservation.
This Special Issue will focus on the effects of stresses experienced during seed development, maturation, burial, and post-harvest treatments that modify seed physiological/morphological characteristics or seedling establishment. The originality of the scope is in the effort to gather different scales of analyses to provide mechanistic/molecular hypotheses associated with modified seed/seedling traits. We strongly encourage the submission of molecular, (epi)genetic, and omics studies that provide a deeper understanding of seed/seedling quality determinism/adaptation or failure and non-adaptative behaviors. Reports on new models/methodologies significantly advancing seed quality research efforts are welcome.
Dr. Sophie Brunel-Muguet
Dr. Guillaume Née
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biotic and abiotic stresses
- seed and seeding physiology
- seed development and maturation
- molecular aspect of seed germination and storage
- plant adaptation and plasticity
- epigenetic regulations of seed quality
- plant memory
- developmental adaptation mechanism
