Molecular Research in Rice: Agronomically Important Traits 2.0
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: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 38087
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant molecular genetics and breeding; environmental agriculture; rice; QTLs
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Interests: plant genomics and genome evolution; genetic resources; rice; association analysis; omics analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is the continuation of our Special Issue “Molecular Research in Rice: Agronomically Important Traits” (in which over 20 excellent papers have been published).
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the most important food crop in the world, being a staple food for more than half of the world’s population. Recent improvements in living standards have increased the worldwide demand for high-yielding and high-quality rice cultivars. To achieve improved agricultural performance in rice, while overcoming the challenges presented by climate change, it is essential to understand the molecular basis of agronomically important traits and their responses to various environmental conditions. Recently developed techniques in molecular biology, genomics related technologies can reveal the complex molecular mechanisms involved in the control of agronomic traits. As rice was the first crop genome to be sequenced, in 2004, molecular research tools are well-established in rice, and further molecular studies—both now and in the future—will enable the development of novel rice cultivars showing superior agronomic performance.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to explore the molecular basis of agronomically important traits in rice, which is a monocot model crop species. Submissions focusing on a wide range of agronomic traits related to grain yield, grain quality, stress tolerance, and disease resistance are welcome. We will also welcome articles about genetic and environmental interactions of agronomic traits. Studies using natural variation, mutants, and omics analysis such as transcriptomics, epigenetics, and metabolomics, will also be greatly appreciated.
Dr. Kiyosumi Hori
Dr. Matthew Shenton
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Rice
- Plant molecular biology
- Plant molecular genetics and genomics
- Plant physiology
- Plant pathology
- Omics database
- Genetic and environmental interaction
- Agronomic trait
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