Peanut Genetics and Molecular Biology
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Physiology and Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 November 2022) | Viewed by 301
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Peanut has been considered an “orphan” legume crop, referring to its relative lag in genomics and molecular biology research. Complex and changing tetraploid genome, narrow genetic base and crossing barriers between the cultivated and wild species have hindered peanut genetics and genomics studies relative to other major crop plants. However, recently we are evident an enormous increase in molecular and genomic infrastructures for peanut, including full genome sequences of diploid and the tetraploid species, Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) genotyping arrays, integrated genetic maps, and new bioinformatics pipelines for polymorphism detection. All are providing opportunities to boost peanut research toward new frontiers. This special issue of PLANTS aims to gather case studies that reflect these new exciting advances in peanut genetics, genomics and molecular biology. Original scientific reports are welcomed in subjects including mapping traits with agricultural, industrial and biological importance, candidate gene discovery, gene expression profiling, molecular evolution, and new genomics/bioinformatics tools in Arachis.
Dr. Ran Hovav
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- peanut
- genomics
- genetics
- molecular evolution
- candidate genes
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