Recent Advances in Genetics, Breeding, and Biotechnology of Solanaceous Crops
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Genetics, Genomics, Breeding, and Biotechnology (G2B2)".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2025 | Viewed by 340
Special Issue Editors
Interests: solanaceae vegetables; genetic mapping; functional genomics; molecular-assisted breeding
Interests: vegetable; abiotic stress; biotic stress; genetic improvement
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Interests: solanaceae vegetables; genetics; genome editing; fruit development; molecular breeding
Interests: solanaceae vegetables; plant immunity; plant physiology; plant biochemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Solanaceous crops, such as tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), pepper (Capsicum annuum L.), eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), and potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), are important horticultural species of the Solanaceae family with significant economic and nutritional values. Plant breeding has played an important role in the improvement of Solanaceous crops through the development of new cultivars with significantly improved plant architecture, yield, and quality. However, these important traits are easily affected by the various biotic and abiotic stresses, including pathogens, insect pests, drought, light, extreme temperatures, etc. Currently, conventional hybridization is still the main method of cultivar development for Solanaceous crops.
The objective of this Special Issue entitled “Recent Advances in Genetics, Breeding, and Biotechnology of Solanaceous Crops” is to present the recent progress in all research towards the improvement of Solanaceous crops. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The application of advanced techniques to explore the relationships or mechanisms between phenotypes and their corresponding genotypes, including multi-omics, single-cell RNA-seq, spatial transcriptomics, ATAC-seq, molecular markers, tissue culture, gene editing, transgenic plants, etc.
- Phenotype–genotype associations, including genetic mapping, bulk segregant analysis, etc.
- Phenomics and the analysis of germplasm resources.
- Functional validation of genes governing traits and their molecular mechanisms.
- Genome-wide analysis of important gene families.
Dr. Qian You
Prof. Dr. Feng Wang
Dr. Qiang Li
Dr. Zhiqin Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- solanaceous crops
- genetic resources
- fruit quality
- genetic mapping
- multi-omics
- biotic and abiotic stresses
- plant immunity
- molecular marker
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