Genetics and Genomics of Plant Reproductive Development
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026 | Viewed by 4
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In flowering plants, the success of sexual reproduction is essential for the completion of the life cycle, and many major crops yield in agriculture, providing various foods and charming living environments for humans and animals. The entire plant reproduction has been divided into distinct processes including flower development, meiosis, anther development, male and female gametophyte (gametes) development, pollination, fertilization, seed formation, and fruit development. Each step makes its unique contribution for the successful reproduction, such as meiotic recombination reshuffling genetic materials in daughter cells to enrich genetic variation in the population. Although functional studies in model systems such as Arabidopsis and rice have identified many critical genes controlling different processes in plant reproduction development, further genetics and genomics in plant reproductive biology will enable us to deepen our understanding of how plants reproduce and evolve.
With the fast development and application of genomics approaches, such as whole-genome sequencing, single-cell sequencing, genome editing, and AI assistant prediction, more and more critical functional genes and their regulatory systems involved in plant reproductive biology will be explored in various plants, especially for those crops, horticultural and economic plants with freshly released genomes. It will enable precise manipulation of ideal genes, offering great opportunities to improve crop breeding and yield. In addition, genomics can help explore the genetic basis of hybrid vigor and the complex interactions between genomes and environmental factors. Overall, these approaches hold immense potential for improving agricultural sustainability and addressing global food security challenges. In this Special Issue, titled “Genetics and Genomics of Plant Reproductive Biology on Genes”, we welcome any research and reviewer articles on various aspects of plant reproduction processes in model systems, crops, and any other flowering plants, aiming to explore more interesting and important functional genes controlling plant reproduction.
Prof. Dr. Pingli Lu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- genetics
- genomics
- meiosis
- anther development
- gametophyte development
- fertilization
- seed
- fruit
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