Germplasm Conservation and Genetic Improvement in Tropical and Subtropical Crops
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Breeding and Genetics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 620
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant development; plant biotechnology; plant; genetics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Tropical and subtropical climates cover over half of the world and create diverse plant species. Many of these have been planted for food supply and industrial applications, including rice, maize, rapeseed, cassava, sugarcane, rubber tree, banana, mango, coffee, pineapple, sisal, etc. However, global climate change has brought severe challenges for the plantation and production of tropical and subtropical crops. It is of great importance to explore adaptive traits in germplasms, with the aim of breeding excellent varieties for extreme weather. During the past decade, the research progress of tropical and subtropical crops has significantly accelerated, due to the rapid development of advanced technologies, such as omics and gene editing.
This Special Issue will focus on “Germplasm Conservation and Genetic Improvement in Tropical and Subtropical Crops”. We welcome novel reviews, research, opinions, protocols, etc., covering all topics related to germplasm evaluation and conservation, including phenotyping, diversity, domestication, omics, in vitro propagation, and the physiological and biochemical characteristics of tropical and subtropical crops. In addition, the aim of this Special Issue is also to gather information concerning genetic improvement in relation to individual gene studies, cultivars exploited for commercial applications, breeding, and methods and applications of genetic transformation
Dr. Xing Huang
Dr. Qibin Wu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- tropical and subtropical crops
- germplasm
- genetic improvement
- biotechnology
- omics technology
- adaptive traits
- climate change
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