Molecular Breeding and Agronomic Traits Improvement of Triticeae Crops
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Genetics, Genomics and Breeding".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 1059
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wheat; gene cloning; gene function analysis; spike development; yield-related genes
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Dear Colleagues,
Triticeae crops (wheat, barley, rye, and their wild relatives) provide food for more than 40% of the world’s population and are essential for global food security. Recent advances in the dissection of complex traits of Triticeae crops have been made by integrating genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics; the accelerated selection for yield, quality, and stress resistance traits by linking more genetic markers to these phenotypes; and gene editing (CRISPR), which enables precise modifications of important agronomic traits. These advances allow the continued progression of molecular breeding in Triticeae crops.
This Special Issue highlights cutting-edge research on molecular breeding and agronomic trait improvement in Triticeae crops. We welcome studies on genetic dissection from QTL/GWAS, gene discovery using omics data, and precise breeding through marker-assisted selection or CRISPR approaches.
Dr. Chuan Xia
Dr. Yunwei Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Triticeae
- breeding
- multi-omics
- marker-assisted selection
- GWAS
- QTL
- yield improvement
- quality improvement
- stress resistance
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