Feature Papers in Crop Genetics, Genomics and Breeding

“The secret of improved plant breeding, apart

from scientific knowledge,

is love”

Luther Burbank

Dear Colleagues,

Plant breeding aims to provide improved cultivars that address human needs. These cultivars must show enhanced productivity, appropriate produce quality (for food, feed, fiber, fuel, feedstock, flower, fun and pharmaceuticals), climate resilience, and host plant resistance to pathogens and pests. Plant breeding contributes further to sustainable agriculture intensification by reducing the negative impacts on agroecosystems by releasing cultivars with input use efficiency (“producing more or the same with less”) and that are suitable for conservation agriculture. This Special Issue on “Feature Papers in Crop Genetics, Genomics and Breeding” will thus focus on the scientific and technical advances in knowledge, methods and tools that facilitate and accelerate the release of genetically enhanced seed-embedded technology that meets the current and future expectations of markets worldwide. Research or review articles on the following topics are welcome for this Special Issue:

• How to improve selection accuracy considering the product profiles?
• What may work for increasing genetic gains and steady cultivar replacement?
• Where to breed crops for the future?
• When to increase genetic variation in the breeding pool?
• Which breeding methods and tools may enhance selection intensity?
• Who will deliver the seeds of cultivars in 2050?

Prof. Dr. Rodomiro Ortiz
Guest Editor

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