Advances in Genetics and Breeding of Vegetable Crops
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Vegetable Production Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 26 December 2025 | Viewed by 93
Special Issue Editors
Interests: temperature stress; drought stress; hormone metabolism and signaling; molecular breeding; quality control; vegetable crop
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Vegetable crops are vital to global food security, nutrition, and sustainable agriculture. Advances in genetics and breeding facilitate the development of vegetable varieties with improved yield, quality, disease resistance, and adaptability to changing environmental conditions. Modern breeding techniques, including genomic selection, gene editing, marker-assisted selection, and high-throughput phenotyping, are accelerating the creation of resilient and high-performing vegetable cultivars. Additionally, the integration of omics technologies and bioinformatics is enhancing our understanding of the genetic mechanisms underlying desirable traits, thus enabling more precise and efficient breeding strategies.
Despite these advancements, challenges remain, such as addressing abiotic stresses, biotic stresses, and consumer demands for enhanced nutritional content and flavor. There is also a pressing need to preserve genetic diversity, optimize hybrid breeding, and develop climate-smart varieties to ensure sustainable production in the face of global climate change.
This Special Issue welcomes original research articles, reviews, and perspectives in (but not limited to) the following areas:
- Breeding for resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses;
- Breeding for enhanced nutritional quality, flavor, and shelf life;
- Gene editing and functional genomics for trait improvement;
- Strategies for climate-resilient vegetable crop improvement;
- Molecular mechanisms underlying key agronomic traits;
- Biofortification and nutritional enhancement through genetic approaches;
- Genomic tools and technologies for vegetable crop breeding;
- Marker-assisted selection and quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping;
- Genetic diversity and germplasm conservation in vegetable crops;
- High-throughput phenotyping and phenomics in breeding programs;
- Omics-driven approaches for understanding trait regulation.
We look forward to receiving your submissions and contributions to this scientific endeavor.
Dr. Fei Ding
Dr. Fengfeng Dang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- vegetable crops
- genetics
- breeding
- genomic selection
- genome editing
- trait enhancement
- biotic stress
- abiotic stress
- genetic diversity
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