Advanced Cultivation Techniques and Breeding Strategies for Oilseed Crops

Dear Colleagues,

Oilseed crops provide necessary nutrients for human food, such as lipids, as well as other by-products such as protein. Therefore, continuously increasing yield, enhancing resistance to diseases, and improving quality, including fatty acid (and lipid) composition in oilseed crops, remains the main objective. However, many bottlenecks are encountered during cultivation and breeding. Regarding the former, there is a serious contradiction in rapeseed–rice rotation regarding the determination of a suitable sowing date, abiotic stress caused by global climate changes, issues with mechanical operations including plowing, sowing, pesticide spraying, and harvesting, and challenges in high-density planting technology. Correspondingly, breeding objectives should also be adjusted due to changes in cultivation practices. With the development of technologies, breeding methods have expanded to include phenomics, genomics, and precise design breeding (such as genomic design and gene editing) and their combinations, which can further address the bottlenecks in breeding. This publication welcomes all investigations on advanced cultivation and breeding strategies in oilseed crops. Manuscripts must not have previously been published or currently be under evaluation for publication in another journal.

Dr. Shuijin Hua
Dr. Yang Zhu
Guest Editors

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