Genomics and Molecular Breeding of Highland Vegetables
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: 18 December 2026 | Viewed by 68
Special Issue Editors
Interests: genetic breeding; quality analysis of highland vegetables
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Vegetable crops are essential staple horticultural commodities that underpin human dietary nutrition and rural industrial development. Currently, vegetable production is facing prominent challenges, including frequent soil-borne diseases, increasing climate change stresses and germplasm resource constraints. Conventional breeding methods are often insufficient to meet the demands of rapid genetic improvement and high-quality variety innovation. Genomics and molecular breeding have emerged as pivotal approaches to dissect complex agronomic traits, explore functional genes, and develop stress-resistant and highly adaptable cultivars, particularly for highland vegetables.
This Special Issue, “Genomics and Molecular Breeding of Highland Vegetables,” to be published in Horticulturae, aims to collect innovative research achievements focusing on the dissection of genetic mechanisms in highland vegetables, cloning of key genes, and molecular regulation of disease resistance and high-altitude adaptability. We invite original research and review papers covering the development of molecular markers, molecular-assisted breeding, germplasm innovation and new cultivar development. Studies that integrate traditional breeding with genomic technologies, as well as variety improvement adapted to ecological cultivation and climate change, are also strongly encouraged.
Dr. Chenghuan Yan
Dr. Lei Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- vegetable genomics
- molecular breeding
- genetic resources
- genetic improvement
- gene cloning
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