Agronomy | Feature Papers in the “Crop Breeding and Genetics” Section

1. “Effects of Salt Stress on Grain Quality and Starch Properties of High-Quality Rice Cultivars”
by Ruilong Cui, Tianyang Zhou, Chenchen Shu, Kuanyu Zhu, Miao Ye, Weiyang Zhang, Hao Zhang, Lijun Liu, Zhiqin Wang, Junfei Gu et al.
Agronomy 2024, 14(3), 444; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14030444
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2. “Drought Tolerance Evaluation and Growth Response of Chinese Cabbage Seedlings to Water Deficit Treatment”
by Yoonah Jang, Jinhee Kim, Junho Lee, Sangdeok Lee, Hwahyen Jung and Gyu-Hyeon Park
Agronomy 2024, 14(2), 279; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14020279
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3. “Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: The Role and Contribution of CREA (Italy) within the National Program RGV-FAO”
by Patrizia Vaccino, Maurizio Antonetti, Carlotta Balconi, Andrea Brandolini, Silvia Cappellozza,
Angelo Raffaele Caputo, Andrea Carboni, Marco Caruso, Andrea Copetta, Giovanbattista de Dato et al.
Agronomy 2024, 14(6), 1263; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14061263
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4. “Genetic Diversity and Genome-Wide Association in Cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp)”
by Xingbo Wu, Vincent N. Michael, Felipe López-Hernández, Andrés J. Cortés, John B. Morris,
Mingli Wang, Shyam Tallury, Max C. Miller II and Matthew W. Blair
Agronomy 2024, 14(5), 961; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14050961
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5. “Variations and Trends in Rice Quality across Different Types of Approved Varieties in China, 1978–2022”
by Yuqing Lu, Ying Tang, Jiaen Zhang, Si Liu, Xiaoyue Liang, Meijuan Li and Ronghua Li
Agronomy 2024, 14(6), 1234; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14061234
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6. “Cross-Species Transferability of SSR Markers for Analyzing Genetic Diversity of Different Vicia species Collections”
by María Isabel López-Román, Lucía De la Rosa, Teresa Marcos-Prado and Elena Ramírez-Parra
Agronomy 2024, 14(2), 326; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14020326
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7. “An Evaluation of Bacterial Wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) Resistance in a Set of Tomato Germplasm from the United States Department of Agriculture”
by Theresa Makawa Phiri, Gehendra Bhattarai, Kenani Edward Chiwina, Qiurong Fan, Haizheng Xiong, Ibtisam Alatawi, Ryan Dickson, Neelendra K. Joshi, Alejandro Rojas, Kai-Shu Ling et al.
Agronomy 2024, 14(2), 350; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14020350
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8. “Insights into the Interaction between the Biocontrol Agent Bacillus amyloliquefaciens QST 713, the Pathogen Monilinia fructicola and Peach Fruit”
by Polina C. Tsalgatidou, Anastasia Papageorgiou, Anastasia Boutsika, Michael Chatzidimopoulos, Costas Delis, Dimitrios I. Tsitsigiannis, Epaminondas Paplomatas and Antonios Zambounis
Agronomy 2024, 14(4), 771; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14040771
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9. “YOLO-Based Phenotyping of Apple Blotch Disease (Diplocarpon coronariae) in Genetic Resources after Artificial Inoculation”
by Stefanie Reim, Sophie Richter, Oskar Leonhardt, Virginia Maß and Thomas Wolfgang Wöhner
Agronomy 2024, 14(5), 1042; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14051042
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10. “Physiological and Biochemical Background of Deacclimation in Plants, with Special Attention Being Paid to Crops: A Minireview”
by Julia Stachurska and Anna Janeczko
Agronomy 2024, 14(3), 419; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14030419
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