Cultivar Development of Pulses Crop—2nd Edition
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Breeding and Genetics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 March 2026 | Viewed by 22
Special Issue Editor
Interests: pulses crop; genetic diversity; breeding
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Dear Colleagues,
With the growing recognition of pulses crops and their vital role in providing plant-based protein, supporting disaster relief, and promoting diet adjustments, the planting area and market demand for these crops are now increasing. Notably, the United Nations declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses to highlight their potential for improving nutrition in an affordable and sustainable manner and to encourage their broader use in food and agriculture.
Many of you have made great progress in pulses breeding and contributed significantly toward the stable production of these crops. To accelerate communication on breeding objectives and methods, enhance cultivar development, and facilitate knowledge exchange among breeders, we are pleased to organize this Special Issue, inviting original articles on new cultivars and critical reviews on breeding strategies.
We previously published a successful Special Issue titled “Cultivar Development of Pulses Crop”, which featured twelve excellent papers (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/agronomy/special_issues/Cultivar_Pulses). Based on the success of that Special Issue, this second edition aims to cover a broader range of applications and advances in the field.
We look forward to collaborating with researchers worldwide to advance this important area of agricultural science. We hope to work with all of you on this exciting project.
Dr. Lixia Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- new cultivars (with notable character, e.g., high yield, high resistance, special uses)
- systematic selection
- hybridization
- mutation
- transgenic
- wide adaptability
- planting system
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Related Special Issue
- Cultivar Development of Pulses Crop in Agronomy (12 articles)
