Reproductive Biology for Improving Crop Yield and Breeding Efficiency
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Breeding and Genetics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 262
Special Issue Editors
Interests: genetic analysis of vegetative phase change
Interests: perennial grain breeding; companion crop development; polyculture design
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Reproductive processes fundamentally determine crop productivity and have been central to agriculture since long before the Green Revolution. Understanding floral development, pollination, fertilization and seed formation is essential for advancing crop improvement strategies. This Special Issue would address the critical gap between reproductive biology research and practical breeding applications. We invite submissions examining molecular mechanisms governing fertility, grain/seed set, flowering time regulation and reproductive stress responses across all major crops and other plants.
This Special Issue would highlight reproductive biology as a translational nexus for improving seed set, hybrid seed production, stress resilience during reproduction and breeding efficiency. We welcome original research spanning molecular and cellular regulation, reproductive-stage stress tolerance, novel hybridization and sterility systems, clonal seed technologies, precision pollination and seed production, components of yield and field validation linking reproductive traits to yield outcomes.
Dr. Jianfei Zhao
Dr. Douglas J. Cattani
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- seed quality/quantity
- crop breeding
- crop reproductive development
- phenology regulation
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