Advances in Fruit Quality and Genetic Improvement
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: 10 February 2025 | Viewed by 982
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fruit quality; transcriptional regulation; secondary metabolism; environmental signals
Interests: fruit quality; wax; cutin; anthocyanin; light signals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fruits are important sources of multiple micronutrients essential for healthy diets, so quality improvement is one of the most urgent problems that needs to be solved in the fruit industry. Fruit crops display diverse quality traits, providing rich resources for studying metabolism, growth and development, adaptation, plant domestication, genome evolution, and other aspects of plant biology. In addition, the development of biotic- and abiotic-resistant/tolerant crops and improving agricultural traits are required for fruit production. The Special Issue will focus on fruit crops to capture the most exciting research in both fruit quality and genetic improvement.
This Special Issue welcomes submissions of studies on both fruit quality and the genetic improvement of fruit crops. Articles addressing fundamental questions related to fruit quality, development and responses to environments are welcome. Studies using biochemical, molecular, genetic, genomic, and physiological approaches are within the scope of this Special Issue. Genetic improvement through genome editing and epigenetics and ecophysiological studies are also welcome. Updated review articles are also invited to highlight milestones and the state of fruit research and industries.
Prof. Dr. Yuan-Yuan Li
Dr. Ya-Li Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fruits quality
- secondary metabolism
- biotic- and abiotic-resistant/tolerant
- environmental signals
- genetic improvement
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