Transcription and Regulation of Vegetable Genome

A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".

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With the increase in both population and dramatic climatic changes all around the world, there is an increasing demand from societies for a higher quantity and quality of major vegetables. Resequencing approaches, applied to large-scale germplasm resources, have clarified the domestication and improvement of vegetable crops brought about by human selection; its application in genetic mapping and quantitative trait locus analysis has led to the discovery of key genes and molecular markers linked to important traits in vegetables. Moreover, genome-based breeding has been utilized in many vegetable crops, including Solanaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Cruciferae, and other families, thereby promoting the molecular breeding level. It is a prerequisite to understand the genetic bases of important horticultural traits, along with their quality characters, stress tolerances and molecular regulation mechanisms, if we are to improve the production performance and product quality of vegetable crops effectively.

This Special Issue is open to the submission of a wide range of manuscripts. We invite research that evaluates vegetable genomes, comparative genomics, and various studies; gene transcription; and the inheritance of important breeding target traits, quality traits, and biotic or abiotic stress resistance traits in vegetables using advanced techniques, such as molecular genetics.

Dr. Magdalena Pawełkowicz
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Keywords

  • vegetable
  • genomics
  • transcription
  • molecular genetics
  • biotechnology
  • molecular biology
  • biotic or abiotic stress resistance

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Impact of Climate Change on Regulation of Genes Involved in Sex Determination and Fruit Production in Cucumber
by Aparna, Agnieszka Skarzyńska, Wojciech Pląder and Magdalena Pawełkowicz
Plants 2023, 12(14), 2651; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12142651 - 14 Jul 2023
Cited by 10 | Viewed by 4108
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Environmental changes, both natural and anthropogenic, mainly related to rising temperatures and water scarcity, are clearly visible around the world. Climate change is important for crop production and is a major issue for the growth and productivity of cucumbers. Processes such as sex [...] Read more.
Environmental changes, both natural and anthropogenic, mainly related to rising temperatures and water scarcity, are clearly visible around the world. Climate change is important for crop production and is a major issue for the growth and productivity of cucumbers. Processes such as sex determination, flower morphogenesis and fruit development in cucumbers are highly sensitive to various forms of stress induced by climatic changes. It is noteworthy that many factors, including genetic factors, transcription factors, phytohormones and miRNAs, are crucial in regulating these processes and are themselves affected by climate change. Changes in the expression and activity of these factors have been observed as a consequence of climatic conditions. This review focuses primarily on exploring the effects of climate change and abiotic stresses, such as increasing temperature and drought, on the processes of sex determination, reproduction, and fruit development in cucumbers at the molecular level. In addition, it highlights the existing research gaps that need to be addressed in order to improve our understanding of the complex interactions between climate change and cucumber physiology. This, in turn, may lead to strategies to mitigate the adverse effects and enhance cucumber productivity in a changing climate. Full article
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