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Genetic Research on Crop Stress Resistance and Quality Traits

edited by

Zenglin Zhang

Zhiyong Ni

and

Lichao Zhang

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 620 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic and epigenetic regulation; plant stresses response; multi-omics data analysis; regulation of plant senescence; plant regulatory hormones; mechanisms of the elucidation of plant molecular and physiological traits

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Genetic Improvement in Rice: Enhancing Environmental Sustainability and Global Health

edited by Hao Chen

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: oryza sativa; genetic improvement; yield and related traits; resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses; nutrient-use efficiency; nutrional quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Genetics and Breeding of Forage

edited by Maofeng Chai and Zhenyi Li

submission deadline 5 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1385 | Submission Open

Keywords: forage genetic improvement; molecular breeding; abiotic stress; biotic stress; population genetics; multi-omics analysis; nutrition absorption

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Genetic and Morphological Diversity in Plants

edited by

P. Roxanne Kellar

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 612 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; conservation; genetic structure; genetics; genotype; germplasm; haplotype; high-throughput sequencing; invasive species; microsatellites; molecular markers; morphological characters; morphology; morphometrics; morphotype; next-generation sequencing; phenotype; systematics; taxonomy; variation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Integrative Epigenetic Regulation in Crop Stress Resistance: Multi-Omics-Guided Gene Mining and Molecular Breeding

edited by Qiutao Xu, Baoqi Li and

Xuan Ma

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: epigenetic regulation; DNA methylation; histone modifications; RNA biology; multi-omics; abiotic stress resilience; transgenerational epigenetic inheritance; transcriptional regulation; phenotypic plasticity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Genetics and Epigenetics in Plant Development

edited by Chao Bian

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant development; genetics; epigenetics; genome editing; epigenetics; gene regulation; DNA methylation; chromatin remodeling; transcriptional networks; environmental signaling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Harnessing Multi-Omics Approaches to Unravel Plant–Microbe Interactions in Cultivated Plants: Implications for Climate Resilience and Sustainable Agriculture

edited by Samathmika Ravi,

Maria Cristina Della Lucia

and

Piergiorgio Stevanato

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-omics; plant– microbe interactions; climate resilience; agricultural sustainability; microbial dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Stress Response

edited by

Yakupjan Haxim

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought stress; heat stress; cold stress; salinity stress; pathogen infection; multi-omic approaches; gene expression; plant resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

The Molecular Breeding of Vegetables: Technological Innovations and Breeding Practices

edited by

Xing Liu

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetable breeding; marker-assisted selection; gene editing; genomic selection; trait improvement; omics technologies; disease and stress resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Differentially Expressed Genes (DEGs) and Regulatory Network in Response to Various Abiotic Stresses in Plants

edited by Xuke Lu

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 643 | Submission Open

Keywords: plants; abiotic stresses; molecular mechanism; differentially expressed genes (DEGs); regulatory network

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Genetic Breeding and Genomics of Vegetables

edited by

Hanqiang Liu

, Kailiang Bo and Biao Jiang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetable breeding; germplasm innovation; functional genomics; molecular breeding; genome editing; genetic mapping; stress resistance; transcriptomics; bioinformatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Molecular Adaptation and Evolutionary Genetics in Plants

edited by Wei Zhang

submission deadline 24 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2851 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular evolution; plastid genome; mitochondrial genome; nuclear genome; gene family

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Genetic and Genomic Innovations for Developing Resilient Crops

edited by

Huajin Sheng

and

Sheng Wang

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop improvement; abiotic stress; gene function; transcriptomics; gene editing; molecular breeding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Genetic Mechanisms of Plant Resistance to Biotic Stress

edited by

Zhuo Chen

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant diseases; biotic stress; resistance genes; genetics; genomics; plant hosts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Plant Genetics, Evolution, Cytogenetics and Cytogenomics for Biodiversity Conservation

edited by

Eric Javier Martínez

Ana Isabel Honfi

and

Anna Reutemann

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1013 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant conservation; cytogenetics; cytogenomics; plant evolution; population genetics; genome evolution; chromosomal variation; polyploidy; biodiversity; genomic resources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Molecular Genetics of Stress Response in Crops

edited by Jie Zhan

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop; abiotic stresses; protein translation; regulation; molecular mechanism; plant hormones

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Genetic and Functional Genomics Insights into the Genetic Improvement of Stress Resistance in Economic Crops

edited by

Mingku Zhu

and Xiaoqing Meng

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 528 | Submission Open

Keywords: economic crops; functional genomics; molecular biology; genetic improvement; agricultural biotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Research on Genetics and Breeding of Rice

edited by Xiaojin Luo

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: rice breeding; molecular genetics; rice germplasm; QTL identification and gene cloning; genetic function and genetic network; breeding technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Forage and Grass Genetics and Genomics

edited by Peizhi Yang, Jinghui Gao,

Yuman Cao

and Tieyuan Liu

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular genetics; proteomics; polyploid genomes; genotype– phenotype association analysis; forage gene editing; biotic or abiotic stress; inter-biological interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

15th Anniversary of Genes: Feature Papers in the “Plant Genetics and Genomics” Section

edited by

Jacqueline Batley

and

Roberto Tuberosa

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 972 | Submission Open

Keywords: epigenetic editing; genetics; genomics; pangenome; plants; QTL mapping; QTL cloning; regulation of gene expression; transcriptome

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Molecular and Genetic Mechanisms of Floral Development

edited by Kaifeng Ma

submission deadline 16 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: floral induction and differentiation; flower bud formation and dormancy; floral organ; flower pattern; flower color and fragrance; blooming period; molecular and genetic mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Genetic Studies on Cotton Stress Resistance, Quality Traits, and Drought Response Mechanisms

edited by Xueyuan Li, Juyun Zheng,

Jie Sun

and Fenglei Sun

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: cotton; drought stress; growth and development; gene editing; molecular marker-assisted selection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

5Gs in Crop Genetic and Genomic Improvement: 2025–2026

edited by

Xinjie Shen

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop gene functional analysis; crop protemics; crop metabonomics; new crop breeding methods; crop GWAS analysis; crop gene edit technology; crop gene epigenetic modification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Genetics and Physiology of Multiple-Stress Tolerance in Plants

edited by Jin Wang

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant; genetics; genomics; physiology; biotic stress; abiotic stress; genetic breeding; molecular biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Decoding the Plant Epigenome: Interactions Between Genomics, Transcription, and Epigenetic Regulation

edited by Zaifeng Li

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: integration of multi-omics; functional genomics; gene mining and expression; phenotype prediction; plant epigenomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

Abiotic Stress in Plant: Molecular Genetics and Genomics