Cereal Breeding and Genetics
A Special Issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747) belonging to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 931
Editors
Interests: cereal crops; wheat breeding; crop genetics; plant nutrition; biotic and abiotic stresses; biotechnology
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Interests: cereal crops; wheat and triticale breeding; crop genetics; plant nutrition; biofortification; physiology; biotic stress
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cereals are one of the most important crops worldwide, playing a crucial role in global food security. However, increasing demand for food, climate change, emerging diseases, and limited natural resources continue to challenge cereal production. To address these issues, advances in cereal breeding and genetics are essential for developing high-yielding, resilient, and quality-adapted cultivars.
Recent progress in genomics, molecular breeding, high-throughput phenotyping, and bioinformatics has significantly improved our understanding of the genetic basis of complex agronomic traits. These tools have accelerated the identification of valuable genetic variation and enhanced breeding efficiency, enabling the development of improved wheat varieties adapted to diverse and changing environments.
The novelty of this Special Issue lies in its integrative approach, combining advanced genomic tools, high-throughput phenotyping, and data-driven methodologies with practical breeding applications. It uniquely emphasizes the translation of genetic insights into climate-resilient, resource-efficient cereal cultivars, while highlighting emerging trends such as genomic prediction and artificial intelligence. By bridging fundamental research and applied breeding, this collection addresses current challenges in sustainable cereal production under changing environmental conditions.
This Special Issue, “Cereal Breeding and Genetics”, brings together research focused on genetic diversity, trait dissection, molecular and genomic approaches, breeding methodologies, and the development of cereal cultivars with improved productivity, quality, and stress tolerance. By highlighting recent advances and emerging trends, this collection aims to support both fundamental research and practical breeding efforts.
We thank all authors, reviewers, and editors for their contributions and hope that this Special Issue will serve as a valuable resource for researchers and breeders working to advance cereal improvement and sustainable crop production.
Dr. Valentina Španić
Guest Editor
Dr. Katarina Šunić Budimir
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- cereal breeding
- cereal genetics
- genomic selection
- molecular breeding
- genetic diversity
- high-throughput phenotyping
- abiotic stress tolerance
- disease resistance
- climate resilience
- sustainable cereal production.
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