Genetic Resources and Molecular Breeding for Stress Resilience in Forage 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: 25 September 2026 | Viewed by 110
Special Issue Editors
Interests: genomics; plant stress biology; gene regulation; stress response; transcriptomics
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: abiotic stress tolerance; stress memory; epigenetic regulation; single-cell transcriptomics; forage crops
Interests: the growth and development of forage; molecular mechanism of forage yield; tillering and plant height of forage
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forage crops are fundamental components of sustainable agricultural systems, providing essential feed resources for livestock production and supporting grassland ecosystem stability. However, increasing environmental stresses such as heat, drought, salinity, and nutrient limitations pose significant challenges to forage productivity and quality. With the rapid development of genomic technologies and molecular breeding strategies, exploring and utilizing stress-resistant gene resources in forage species has become critical for improving crop resilience and ensuring a stable forage supply under changing climatic conditions.
This Special Issue aims to present and share the most recent advances in the identification, characterization, and utilization of stress-resistance gene resources in forage crops. We welcome contributions focusing on genomic discovery, molecular mechanisms, and breeding strategies that enhance stress tolerance in forage species. Both fundamental and applied studies that integrate modern omics technologies and breeding approaches are encouraged.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Genomic and pan-genomic analyses of forage crops;
- Genetic diversity and germplasm resources of forage crops;
- Identification and functional characterization of stress-responsive genes;
- Molecular and epigenetic mechanisms of stress tolerance;
- Multi-omics approaches for understanding stress responses;
- Molecular breeding and genetic improvement for stress tolerance.
Prof. Dr. Linkai Huang
Guest Editors
Dr. Yarong Jin
Dr. Xiaoheng Xu
Guest Editor Assistants
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Keywords
- Forage crops
- stress resistance
- genetic resources
- genomics
- molecular breeding
- abiotic stress
- functional genomics
- germplasm resources
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