Genome Editing and Biotechnology in Fruit Improvement
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 7
Special Issue Editor
Interests: molecular biology of fruit trees; banana genome; formation and regulation mechanism of fruit starch quality
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Genome editing and biotechnology provide unprecedented opportunities for fruit improvement with excellent precision and speed. The Special Issue “Genome Editing and Biotechnology in Fruit Improvement” invites experts and scholars in the field of genome editing and biotechnology for major horticultural crops such as bananas, apples, citrus, tomatoes, and so on to actively submit articles or reviews. Genome editing has been used to improve important agronomic and quality traits in some horticultural crops. These include higher yields, more optimal plant architecture, fruit quality and nutritional content improvement, and safer products. Genome editing technology needs to fully utilize its potential in horticultural crops, although technical challenges still need to be overcome in many crops. However, genome editing will fundamentally change the improvement of horticultural crops in the future.
Prof. Dr. Hongxia Miao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fruit improvement
- horticultural crops
- genome editing
- biotechnology
- molecular biology
- plant genetics
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