Recent Progress in Molecular Investigations of Crop Plants and Crop Plant–Environment Interactions from Genetic and Genomic Perspectives: Applications and Challenges

Dear Colleagues,

With the increasing demand for food and energy supply worldwide, it is becoming extremely important to investigate effective and efficient methodologies for cultivating soil, growing crop plants, and raising livestock with a changing planetary landscape. Agricultural products are also widely applied in various systems for multiple purposes, including developing products important for engineering and medicine. Facilitated by next-generation DNA sequencing technology, our understanding of the interactions between crop plants, the soil, and the soil’s inhabitants has been dramatically improved from a wide range of perspectives. We invite you to contribute to this Special Issue with a genetic, genomic, or biological study of a crop and its environment. We plan to cover a wide range of topics including, but not limited to:

(1) application of genetics, genomics, and other molecular methodologies in crop plants or other model plant systems;

(2) developmental and evolutionary studies of major crops;

(3) crop-supporting microbial structures and bioremediation of the environment;

(4) molecular investigations of applications of agricultural products in various systems, including medicinal plants;

(5) traditional and modern research areas, such as plant physiology, development, ecology, and bioinformatics in a greenhouse or field.

We strongly believe that this Special Issue of Agronomy will greatly enhance our understanding of the applications of advanced techniques and innovative approaches that can help to address food, energy, and related global-change crises worldwide.

Dr. Fengjie Sun
Prof. Gustavo Caetano-Anollés
Guest Editors

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