Advances in Biological Breeding and Molecular Biology of Tropical Crops
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: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 49
Special Issue Editor
Interests: tropical crops; biological breeding; tropical fruit; molecular biology; gene editing; transcriptional regulation; genomics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Tropical crops encompass tropical fruits (such as bananas, mangoes, lychees, papayas, pineapples, and coconuts), staple crops (such as cassava and tropical rice), cash crops (such as oil palm, rubber trees, cocoa, and coffee), and medicinal plants as well as spices. These crops play a vital role in both the local economies of tropical regions and global agriculture. In recent years, with the rapid application of omics technologies, such as genomics, research on the molecular biology of tropical crops has advanced significantly. An increasing number of researchers are focusing on the growth, development, and biological breeding of tropical crops.
This Special Issue will highlight molecular-biology-related research on tropical crops, including genetic transformation, gene editing, biological breeding, quality formation, nutrient use efficiency, and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses, aiming to address the major industrial challenges faced by tropical-crop-producing countries. Topics include, but are not limited to, the establishment and optimization of genetic transformation and gene editing systems, gene discovery and functional characterization, population genetics, genomics, comparative and functional genomics, developmental biology, evolution, and multi-omics integration.
We invite agronomists to contribute review and original research articles to this Special Issue, sharing their achievements in the fields of biological breeding and molecular research on tropical crops.
Dr. Yongzan Wei
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- tropical crops
- biological breeding
- tropical fruit
- molecular biology
- gene editing
- transcrip-tional regulation
- genomics
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