The Growth and Development of Vegetable Crops
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 15198
Special Issue Editors
Interests: root development; trichomes; stress response; cell division; cell differentiation; fruit
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Interests: vegetable; abiotic stress; biotic stress; genetic improvement
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Vegetables are economically important as they are becoming increasingly important for meeting the diverse dietary needs of a growing population. Vegetables are mostly rich in fibre, minerals, vitamins and many other nutrients, thus they play an essential role in human health. Biotechnology is gradually entering the field of vegetable breeding. However, one bottleneck is that we only have limited knowledge about the growth and development of different vegetable plants. In addition, it is far from clear how the developmental regulation of vegetables adapts to varying degrees of stresses that vegetable crops often experience during cultivation. In this Special Issue titled “The Growth and Development of Vegetable Crops”, we welcome research articles and reviews focusing on all aspects of vegetable growth and development. The collective issue will cover a wide range of techniques including physiology, molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry, genetics, genomics and more.
Prof. Dr. Shuang Wu
Prof. Dr. Feng Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- growth and development
- biotic and abiotic stress responses
- gene function
- vegetable crops
- transcription
- molecular biology
- genetics
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