New Gene Mining, New Technology Development, and New Variety Creation for Crop Improvement
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 March 2026 | Viewed by 140
Special Issue Editors
Interests: improvement of rice eating quality and breeding
Interests: high-yield rice breeding; genetic improvement of rice quality
Interests: improvement of rice eating quality and breeding
Interests: mining and molecular evolution of new genes in rice and other crops
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Interests: light signalling transduction in plants; breeding salt-tolerance and drought-resistance rice varieties
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Special Issue focuses on quality, disease resistance, and high-yield goals in major crops such as rice, wheat, rapeseed, and corn. We aim to explore new genes for high-quality, disease- and pest-resistant, and high-yield development. By integrating modern biotechnologies such as genome editing, synthetic biology, haploid breeding, whole genome selection, and molecular design breeding with conventional hybrid breeding techniques, this issue highlights innovative strategies for crop improvement. The goal is to develop new varieties of major crops by polymerizing high-quality, disease-resistant, and high-yield genes, ultimately enhancing agricultural productivity and sustainability.
We welcome research on germplasm resources, new gene mining, genome editing, synthetic biology, haploid breeding, whole genome selection, molecular design, and other breeding technologies, as well as on the creation of new breeding materials, the breeding of new varieties, cultivation technology, plant physiology, and biochemistry research and other aspects.
Prof. Dr. Cailin Wang
Prof. Dr. Xiuying He
Prof. Dr. Liang Tang
Prof. Dr. Zefeng Yang
Prof. Dr. Xianzhi Xie
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- crop improvement
- germplasm resources
- genome editing
- molecular breeding
- good quality
- disease and pest resistance
- high-yield crops
- cultivation technology
- plant physiology and biochemistry
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