Identification and Utilization of Crop Wild Relatives’ Germplasm
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Breeding and Genetics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2025 | Viewed by 798
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Modern agriculture is grappling with the dual pressures of a growing global population and changing climate conditions, necessitating the development of crops with higher yields and enhanced environmental adaptability. Crop wild relatives, as an invaluable reservoir of plant germplasm with abundant genetic diversity, play a crucial role in breeding all over the world. During prolonged natural selection, wild species have preserved a wealth of genetic resources for plant growth and development, biotic and abiotic tolerance, stress resistance, nitrogen utilization, photosynthesis efficiency, etc. The rapid advancements in genetics and genomics techniques have significantly facilitated the identification of elite genes in wild species, which can be utilized for enhancing crop varieties. This Special Issue focuses on the utilization of wild relatives as a genetic resource for crop breeding. We aim to publish scientific contributions conducted on various kinds of crop wild relatives (even distantly) covering all related topics, including germplasm collection and evaluation, crop genetics and genomics, novel opinions and modeling, case studies, and breeding scenarios.
Prof. Dr. Zuofeng Zhu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- crop wild relatives
- gene clone
- QTL
- germplasm collection
- evaluation
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