Chromosome Manipulation for Crop Genomes

Dear Colleagues,

Traditional genetic and molecular marker analysis for plant germplasm conservation and evolutionary analysis limited their current applicability for crop improvement. The approaches to chromosome-manipulation-based molecular cytogenetic advances, including studies combined with fluorescence in situ hybridization and multi-omics arrays, bring genomic resources to the chromatin and gene level. Chromosome-based FISH experiments and oligo-based synthetic probes have thus become an attractive methodology for chromosome characterization and dissection in a large number of crop plants. This helps to overcome some of the shortcomings of traditional cytogenetic analysis in identifying potential cryptic alterations or reciprocal translocations. In the genomic era, novel technologies such as next-generation sequencing are now being used in different crops, including the polyploid and non-model crop species, for improving routine genetic dissection analysis and offering a great possibility of studying mutations and copy number alterations direct to breeding practices at a higher resolution, sensitivity, and efficiency.

This Special Issue aims to collect various research studies dealing with crop genetics and genomics that have relevance in chromosome manipulation, fluorescence in situ hybridization, genetic and genomic dissection for important traits, polyploidization, and gene expression in crops.

Prof. Dr. Zujun Yang
Prof. Dr. Zongxiang Tang
Guest Editors

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