Functional Genomics of Disease Resistance in Crops
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 (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 447
Special Issue Editors
Interests: genetics and pre-breeding for resistance to crop diseases
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In modern society, the rising demand for agricultural products requires constant crop improvement. However, crop diseases caused by pathogenic organisms, such as fungi, viruses, and bacteria, are estimated to cause 14.1% of the crop loss experienced worldwide each year. Genetic resistance/tolerance is believed to be the most effective and efficient method to manage crop diseases; thus, the study of the functions of resistance-related genes is of critical importance in modern agriculture.
Functional genomics is the study of how genes and intergenic regions of genomes contribute to different biological processes, including disease resistance. It can utilize the vast data generated by genomic and transcriptomic projects. Scientists around the world have used functional genomics approaches for understanding plant resistance and developing effective tools for the control of diseases. Recently, genome editing tools, especially the CRISPR/Cas system, have been utilized for functional analyses, and subsequently crop improvement. Functional genomics of disease resistance in crops is embracing a bright future in the omics era.
The forthcoming Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive and updated understanding of functional genomics of disease resistance in crops, with a particular interest in novel techniques used in the functional study of disease-resistance-related genes.
Dr. Fengqun Yu
Prof. Dr. Zhen Huang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- functional genomics
- disease resistance
- abiotic stress tolerance
- crop genetics
- plant breeding
- genome editing
- CRISPR
- DNA sequencing
- RNA sequencing
- protein–protein interactions
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