Trends and Prospects of Genetic and Molecular Research in Plant

Dear Colleagues,

Genetic and molecular studies on plants have made it possible to secure useful genetic resources that can adapt to environmental stresses such as biotic stress and abiotic stress for a stable supply of human food resources and to identify their functions. To this end, many researchers have reported on environmental stress resistance mechanisms as well as major regulatory genes related to plant organ differentiation, growth and development, and metabolism. Thus, this Special Issue aims to deal with various biotechnology studies to overcome the limitations of crop productivity from the genome to the population level to maximize the factors and quantitative traits that correlate with the expression of key functional genes in crops. Therefore, this Special Issue on “Trends and Prospects of Genetic and Molecular Research in Plants” welcomes the submission of review and research papers or short communications on topics related to results and utilization focusing on genetic and breeding studies at the molecular level of plants.

Prof. Dr. Yong-Gu Cho
Prof. Dr. Yu-jin Jung
Dr. Me-Sun Kim
Guest Editors

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