Enhancing Plant Traits Through In Vitro Culture
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 2026 | Viewed by 22
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is dedicated to the latest advances in the use of in vitro culture methods for improving plant traits. We invite submissions presenting innovative biotechnological approaches, including somatic embryogenesis, organogenesis, cell and tissue culture, in vitro mutagenesis, haploid plant production, and the application of in vitro tools to improving plant functional traits.
We place particular emphasis on research grounded in a solid molecular basis—including genetic, genomic, transcriptomic, epigenetic, and proteomic analyses—that enables the elucidation of mechanisms underlying phenotypic changes observed through in vitro culture techniques.
The aim of this Special Issue is to present research that integrates classical in vitro techniques with modern molecular biology tools, thereby contributing to a deeper understanding of the processes underlying plant trait improvement and supporting the development of innovative breeding strategies.
I cordially invite you to submit original research articles, reviews, and short communications presenting the latest developments in this dynamically developing field.
Dr. Magdalena Dyduch-Siemińska (magdalena.dyduch@up.lublin.pl), is from the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 15 Street, 20-950 Lublin, Poland. Dr. Dyduch-Siemińska serves as the Guest Editor Assistant, supporting Dr. Jacek Gawroński in managing this special issue.
Dr. Jacek Gawroński
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant tissue culture
- somatic embryogenesis
- organogenesis
- micropropagation
- callus culture
- in vitro regeneration
- in vitro mutagenesis
- haploid and doubled haploid production
- molecular markers
- genetic analysis
- genomics
- transcriptomics
- epigenetic regulation
- proteomic profiling
- molecular mechanisms
- gene expression analysis
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