Advances in Wheat Molecular Genetics and Genomics
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Breeding and Genetics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 6910
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wheat molecular genetics and genomics
Interests: wheat molecular genetics and genomics
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Interests: identification and characterization of disease resistance genes in wheat; mapping, cloning, and functional analysis of R genes; multi-omics approaches to understanding the molecular bases of disease resistance; molecular-marker-assisted breeding for enhancing disease resistance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wheat is one of the earliest crops of the Old World. It originated from the Fertile Crescent of the Near East, and today still serves as a major source of global food. It is estimated that wheat production needs to double by 2050 to nourish the rising population; however, the current yield increase is far below what is required, and has been threatened by climatic stress. A further yield gain must be achieved by developing smarter cultivars with higher productivity and better resilience in a changing climate. To meet this goal, understanding the genetic basis of wheat for yield formation and stress resistance is essential for molecular manipulation in breeding. The research progress in these fields has been slow due to the polyploidy of the crop and its complex genome. Recent advances in genome sequencing, transformation and gene-editing technologies provide great opportunities for functional genomics in wheat.
This Special Issue welcomes original research papers and review articles on recent achievements in any aspect of wheat molecular genetics and genomics, with emphasis on the broad areas of yield and quality improvement, ideal plant architecture, resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, germplasm exploitation and evolution, genome structure and sequencing in Triticeae, and molecular breeding technologies.
Dr. Quan Xie
Prof. Dr. Jian Ma
Dr. Shisheng Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wheat
- genetics
- genomics
- grain yield
- end-use quality
- plant architecture
- stress resistance
- germplasm
- genome sequencing
- molecular breeding
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