Crop Yield Improvement in Genetic and Biology Breeding
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Physiology and Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 506
Special Issue Editors
Interests: rice; abiotic stress; molecular mechanisms; physiological adaptations; yield
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Interests: rice; genetics; yield; quality; abiotic stress
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Crop yield improvement remains a critical goal in sustainable agriculture, particularly in the face of the increasing global food demand, climate change, and limited natural resources. Advances in genetic and biological breeding have revolutionized our ability to enhance crop productivity by uncovering molecular mechanisms behind yield-related traits, developing precise genome-editing tools, and incorporating systems biology approaches. These innovations have not only improved crop performance under diverse environmental conditions but have also offered new insights into the genetic architecture of yield potential and stress resilience.
This Special Issue of Plants will focus on cutting-edge research on genetic and biological breeding for crop yield improvement. Possible topics include the discovery of yield-associated genes, advancements in molecular breeding, applications of CRISPR-based technologies, and the integration of phenomics and bioinformatics into breeding programs. We also welcome studies addressing abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms, epigenetic regulation, and the translation of foundational research to practical breeding strategies in major crops.
We invite contributions that advance our understanding of the genetic and biological bases of crop yield and suggest innovations to meet future agricultural challenges.
Dr. Banpu Ruan
Dr. Juan Zhao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- crop yield
- genetic breeding
- molecular biology
- genome editing
- phenomics
- abiotic stress tolerance
- epigenetics
- sustainable agriculture
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