Breeding Innovations in Crop for Resilient Cropping Systems

Dear Colleagues,

A sustainable increase in global food production is fundamental to feeding the world. As sessile organisms, crops are constantly exposed to environmental stresses. There is an increasing demand to develop resilient cropping systems that are stable and resilient to erratic and extreme climates. From the perspective of breeding, crop cultivars fitting the systems should feature either the ability to withstand a perturbation or the ability to recover from it effectively. Therefore, understanding the genetic basis of the crop's traits dynamically responding to the solar-soil-atmosphere conditions is critical to the successful implementation of resilient cropping systems.

Over the past decades, breeding innovations have contributed greatly to global food security amid the changing environment. Modern technologies including genomics-assisted breeding, phenomic selection and transgenic breeding have been broadening the horizon of climate-resilient crops. This Special Issue on “Breeding Innovations in Crop for Resilient Cropping Systems” welcomes the submission of review and research papers or short communications on the following topics: crop genetics and genomics associated with environmental adaptation; crop phenomics theory, methods and applications; integrated cultivation and management measures in supporting the resilient cropping systems.

Prof. Dr. Pei Xu
Prof. Dr. Xinchao Wang 
Guest Editors

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