Advances and Perspectives in Epigenetics in Perennial Plant
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: closed (10 April 2022) | Viewed by 460
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Interests: growth and development; abiotic stress response; genetic transformation and editing; molecular breeding
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Dear Colleagues,
Epigenetic regulation refers to a kind of heritable change in gene function without DNA sequence modification. DNA methylation, histone posttranslational modifications, chromatin remodeling and noncoding RNAs are conserved epigenetic regulation approaches that participate in almost all of the important biological processes, ranging from basal development to environmental response.
Perennial plants commonly experience significant periodic environmental changes in their life cycle. In addition to coping with biotic and abiotic environmental stresses, they also need to regulate or reset their growth and development process according to annual environmental changes. Epigenetic mechanisms play a central role in the survival and development of perennial plants.
With the rapid development of epigenetic-related biotechnology, the study of epigenetic mechanism has gradually deepened, from concept to accurate detection, from model plants to common crops. In the field of horticulture, there is a wide variety of perennials such as vegetables, fruit trees, flowers and tea trees, involving complex regulatory mechanisms and reflecting the important role of epigenetics. It is very necessary to summarize the latest research progress and present it to relevant researchers, so as to accelerate the knowledge dissemination in this field and promote the application of epigenetics research results in production. You are very welcome to share your valuable research results here.
Prof. Dr. Xinyuan Hao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- perennial plant
- epigenetic regulation
- environmental adaptation
- growth and development
- epigenetic mechanism
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