Functional Characterization of Stress-Resistance Regulators in Maize
A Special Issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395) belonging to the section "Crop Breeding and Genetics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 585
Editors
Interests: physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying plant stress tolerance
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a major staple crop worldwide. However, various abiotic and biotic stresses, including drought, salinity, extreme temperatures, and diseases, significantly limit maize production. The discovery of candidate regulators and the understanding the genetic basis of stress resistance is essential for developing stress-tolerant varieties.
This Special Issue focuses on the functional characterization of stress-resistance regulators in maize, including candidate genes, peptides, proteins and metabolites. In addition, we invite studies that elucidate the molecular mechanisms and regulatory pathways involved in stress tolerance.
We encourage the use of modern approaches such as CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and QTL mapping to identify and validate regulators.
We welcome original research articles, reviews, and short communications that functionally characterize candidate regulators, analyze mutant phenotypes, or investigate the genetic architecture of stress resistance in maize.
Dr. Lei Tian
Dr. Shunxi Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- maize
- biotic stress tolerance
- abiotic stress tolerance
- functional genomics
- gene editing
- molecular breeding
- functional characterization
- candidate gene validation
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