Genetics Improvement and Stress Adaptation of Forage and Turfgrass
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 6
Special Issue Editor
Interests: genetic improvement of forage and turf stress resistance; biomass yield and forage quality; legume–rhizobium interaction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Changes in the global climate and the environmental are revealing the mechanisms of stress resistance and the environmental adaptation of forages and turfgrass; thus, the genetic improvement of relevant traits through traditional breeding or biotechnology means is of great significance for the restoration of degraded grasslands, the establishment of stress-resistant lawns, and the sustainable development of the grass industry.
This Special Issue focuses on the latest research achievements in enhancing the adaptability of forage grasses or turfgrasses to stress conditions such as drought, salinity, high temperature, low temperature, and pests and diseases, improving biomass yield and forage quality, and also reporting the mechanisms of grass–microbe interactions, such as legume–rhizobium interactions. Studies on the trait improvement of grasses through traditional breeding or the application of molecular marker-assisted selection and biotechnologies such as transgenic or gene editing are welcomed.
Dr. Wanjun Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- forage and turf grasses
- stress resistance
- genetic improvement
- adaptability
- biomass yield
- forage quality
- microbe interaction
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