Molecular Research on Plant Breeding
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 August 2025 | Viewed by 83
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant morphogenesis (adventitious rooting and somatic embryogenesis); in vitro plant propagation; abiotic stress response (transcriptomic/proteomic approach); plant breeding (marker-assisted selection)
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Interests: plant micropropagation and in vitro-induced morphogenesis; plant stress responses; cellular and molecular biology (transcriptomics and proteomics)
Interests: plant genetic resources di-versity; plant (a)biotic stress tolerance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant breeding is the science of enhancing plants to develop desirable traits, such as higher yield and quality, stress tolerance, disease resistance, and environmental adaptability. The integration of recent advancements in biotechnology, plant genomics, and molecular marker applications with traditional breeding practices has established the foundation of molecular plant breeding. This interdisciplinary field is revolutionizing crop improvement by creating new plant varieties tailored to meet specific agricultural, ecological, and consumer-related needs. The identification of key regulatory genes and pathways opens exciting opportunities for breeding or engineering crops with enhanced stress tolerance or other important quality traits.
Leading by Prof. Dr. Hélia Cardoso, Dr. Sandra Correia, Dr. Isaura Castro and assisting by our Topical Advisory Panel Member Dr. Lénia Rodrigues (University of Évora), this Special Issue aims to highlight innovative research that deepens our understanding of molecular approaches to support traditional breeding programs. We welcome submissions of original research articles, reviews, mini-reviews, and methods papers, including but not limited to, the following:
- Studies on molecular markers for marker-assisted selection.
- Transcriptomic approaches exploring plant molecular responses to environmental challenges.
- Proteomics, metabolomics, or epigenomics research to unravel the complexity of plant development and adaptation.
- Applications of gene-editing technologies, such as CRISPR/Cas9, for targeting specific plant traits.
Dr. Hélia Cardoso
Dr. Sandra Correia
Dr. Isaura Castro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant breeding
- proteomics
- metabolomics
- epigenomics
- gene editing
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