Search for Articles:
Title / Keyword
Author / Affiliation / Email
Journal
Article Type
 
 
Advanced Search
 
Section
Special Issue
Volume
Issue
Number
Page
 
5.4
4.5
Journals
Plants
Special Issues
Genetic Diversity and Molecular Breeding in Plants 2.0
share announcement

Genetic Diversity and Molecular Breeding in Plants 2.0

A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2023) | Viewed by 3514

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Aakash Chawade

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-23053 Alnarp, Sweden
Interests: genetics; plant breeding; bioinformatics; stress
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Dr. Admas Alemu

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-23053 Alnarp, Sweden
Interests: genetics; plant breeding; bioinformatics; stress

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Identification of superior germplasms from genebanks and plant-breeding programs is paramount. Technological advances in various genotyping technologies have made it feasible to genotype a large number of individuals at lower costs, paving the way for large-scale studies on plant germplasm characterization. Techniques for transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics are also constantly improving, enabling novel insight into the molecular responses of plants under different conditions.

The Special Issue “Genetic Diversity and Molecular Breeding in Plants” will feature original research articles, literature reviews, and opinion papers on topics including (but not limited to) genetic diversity analysis of germplasm collections, phylogenetic analysis, development of genetic markers, genomic selection, genetic engineering, high-throughput phenotyping, estimation of genetic gain, relative selection efficiency, and new open-source plant-breeding software. It aims to provide novel insights and new perspectives on accelerating plant breeding to develop new cultivars for the changing climate.

Dr. Aakash Chawade
Dr. Admas Alemu
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Plants is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • genetics
  • genomics
  • breeding
  • phenotyping
  • genetic markers
  • genomic selection
  • genetic gain
  • relative efficiency
  • genebanks

Published Papers (2 papers)

Download All Papers
Order results
Result details
Show export options expand_more Show export options expand_less
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:

Research

13 pages, 2128 KiB  
Article
SNP Diversity and Genetic Structure of “Rogosija”, an Old Western Balkan Durum Wheat Collection
by Ana Velimirović, Zoran Jovović, Dragan Perović, Heike Lehnert, Sanja Mikić, Dragan Mandić, Novo Pržulj, Giacomo Mangini and Mariella Matilde Finetti-Sialer
Plants 2023, 12(5), 1157; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12051157 - 3 Mar 2023
Cited by 1 | Viewed by 1268
Abstract
Durum wheat landraces represent a genetic resource for the identification and isolation of new valuable genes and alleles, useful to increase the crop adaptability to climate change. Several durum wheat landraces, all denominated “Rogosija”, were extensively cultivated in the Western Balkan Peninsula until [...] Read more.
Durum wheat landraces represent a genetic resource for the identification and isolation of new valuable genes and alleles, useful to increase the crop adaptability to climate change. Several durum wheat landraces, all denominated “Rogosija”, were extensively cultivated in the Western Balkan Peninsula until the first half of the 20th century. Within the conservation program of the Montenegro Plant Gene Bank, these landraces were collected, but without being characterized. The main goal of this study was to estimate the genetic diversity of the “Rogosija collection” consisting of 89 durum accessions, using 17 morphological descriptors and the 25K Illumina single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array. The genetic structure analysis of the Rogosija collection showed two distinguished clusters localized in two different Montenegro eco-geographic micro-areas, characterized by continental Mediterranean climate and maritime Mediterranean climate. Data suggest that these clusters could be composed of two different Balkan durum landrace collections evolved in two different eco-geographic micro-areas. Moreover, the origin of Balkan durum landraces is discussed. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetic Diversity and Molecular Breeding in Plants 2.0)
►▼ Show Figures

Figure 1

15 pages, 1370 KiB  
Article
Morphological, Biochemical, and Molecular Diversity of an Indian Ex Situ Collection of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)
by Shilpa Parashuram, Nripendra Vikram Singh, Nilesh Nivrutti Gaikwad, Giandomenico Corrado, P. Roopa Sowjanya, Boris Basile, Nitesh Shirur Devaraja, Ram Chandra, Karuppannan Dhinesh Babu, Prakash Goudappa Patil, Pradeep Kumar, Akath Singh and Rajiv Arvind Marathe
Plants 2022, 11(24), 3518; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11243518 - 14 Dec 2022
Cited by 5 | Viewed by 1695
Abstract
Pomegranate (Punica granatum, L.) is a fruit tree that is increasingly popular worldwide due to the health-related properties of the fruit juice. While several studies highlighted the rich phytochemical diversity, few efforts have been devoted to an integrative understanding of the [...] Read more.
Pomegranate (Punica granatum, L.) is a fruit tree that is increasingly popular worldwide due to the health-related properties of the fruit juice. While several studies highlighted the rich phytochemical diversity, few efforts have been devoted to an integrative understanding of the level of diversity of this species. This study investigated the diversity of 40 pomegranate accessions in an Indian ex situ collection by using twenty-nine morphological traits, six biochemical parameters, and twenty-nine Simple Sequence Repeats (SSR) markers. Among the evaluated traits, fruit volume (23.34% CV), fruit weight (21.12% CV), and fruit color (*a) (22.69 % CV) largely contributed to the morphological classification. Based on Mahalanobis D2 distance and Tocher’s clustering, the 40 pomegranate accessions were grouped into eight clusters, partly consistent with their origin. Specifically, cultivars introduced from foreign countries were present in distinct clusters. The SSR marker analysis generated 66 alleles. The observed heterozygosity values ranged from 0.05 to 0.63, with a mean value of 0.30. Maximum molecular genetic dissimilarity was observed between ‘IC-318720′ and ‘Gul-e-Shah Red’ (0.30). The neighbor-joining dendrogram separated wild accessions from cultivated varieties. The combination of morphological, biochemical, and molecular characterization allowed for comprehensively characterizing the pomegranate diversity and provided information on the relationships between the different aspects of the diversity. This work also suggests that the origin of the accessions is an important factor of discrimination and that the level of admixture between local and foreign material is currently limited. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetic Diversity and Molecular Breeding in Plants 2.0)
►▼ Show Figures

Figure 1

Show export options expand_more Show export options expand_less
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:
 
Displaying articles 1-2
Back to TopTop