Quality Improvement of Fruit Trees: Integrating Omics and Cultivation Techniques
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 May 2026 | Viewed by 13
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Interests: fruit trees; fruit quality; protected horticulture
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Interests: anthocyanin biosynthesis; genetic engineering; plant–microbe interaction
Interests: bioremediation; environmental plant physiology; plant biotechnology; plant breeding; plant genetics; specialty crops
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Dear Colleagues,
Production practices can significantly affect fruit crop quality, including size, shape, color, texture, taste, flavor, and nutritional value. Multi-omic analyses such as epigenomics, genomics, lipidomics, metabolomics, proteomics, and transcriptomics can unravel metabolic networks governing flavor, texture, and nutritional content. Integrating the omic technologies with advanced cultivation practices has emerged as a transformative strategy for improving fruit quality. This approach can decode the molecular bases of fruit quality traits, providing a more comprehensive understanding of how different factors interact to influence fruit quality. Such science-based information can, in turn, optimize production systems and further improve fruit quality traits. With the increasing use of omics for investigating fruit crops, our understanding of how production practices influence fruit quality will continuously improve. Correspondingly, more advanced cultivation practices will be implemented for quality improvement. Since many fruit crops are cultivated and their production practices vary, much to be discovered. This Special Issue of Plants will highlight the integration of omics and cultivation techniques, enabling predictive modeling of quality traits under varying conditions. By bridging laboratory discoveries with agronomic practices, this integrated framework promises to accelerate the development of resilient, high-quality fruit varieties, paving the way for improving fruit quality through fruit tree cultivation.
Prof. Dr. Dongliang Qiu
Dr. Chunzhen Cheng
Prof. Dr. Jianjun Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fruit tree
- cultivation technique and methods
- fruit
- quality
- molecular mechanism
- omics
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