Rootstock Influence on Crop Regulation

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is included in the field of plant genetics and metabolic analysis to improve rootstocks performance and understand how rootstock affects fruit scion phenotype, tree nutrition, fruit flavor and postharvest performance, metabolism, interactions with the environment and other organisms, and the combined genetics of composite trees. Current research is focused on different aspects of genomics and the biochemical characterization of tree physiology, which will help elucidate the genetics of important rootstocks traits. It aims to apply this information to develop tools, as high-quality markers for markers-assisted selection, transcriptomic and metabolic analyses (including metabolomics), improve fruit tree efficiency and allow for technological advances in rootstock traits determination. Scion–rootstock graft compatibility, abiotic and biotic stress factors, the development and optimization of methodologies for the quantification of phytochemical, antioxidant and biologically active compounds of scion–rootstock interaction and research on the effect of those compounds on biological systems may also be considered.

Dr. María-Ángeles Moreno
Guest Editor

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