Growth Regulation of Cereal Crops: Gene Control and Environmental Factors
This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Physiology and Crop Production".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cereal crops, which include grain, tuber, and legume crops, are the most basic necessities for human survival, with great significance in safeguarding global food security. Increases in the yield and quality of these crops can be achieved by internal genetic improvement and external environmental influences. Changes in external conditions mainly includes two aspects: (1) climatic factors in light, temperature, humidness, etc.; and (2) cultivation practices like modes of tillage, fertilization, irrigation, chemical control, and cultivation density. This Special Issue of Plants will mainly focus on genetic and environmental factors in the regulation of cereal crops’ growth and development, in terms of agronomic traits, physiological properties, molecular change profiles, yield, and quality. Reviews and research papers are welcome.
Dr. Yunji Xu
Dr. Guanglong Zhu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- grain crops
- tuber crops
- legume crops
- cultivation approaches
- agronomic traits
- physiological properties
- yield and quality improvement
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Published Papers
Plants - ISSN 2223-7747