Application of Biotechnologies in Crop Improvement and Plant Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 2713
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The entire global community is currently facing great challenges from increasing global population and global climate change; a population of up to ten billion people and temperature increase of up to 2 °C are projected by 2050. This will cause approximate 4 billion people to suffer from food shortages. To cope with those challenges, we should develop a sustainable and improved crop production system. In the past few years, many biotechnologies were developed and showed a promising potential for use in crop improvements and plant development, such as the CRISPR-Cas system, nanotechnology, microbial technology, and Omics technology.
The aim of this Special Issue is to showcase the current applications of biotechnologies in crop improvements and plant development and discuss the potential for future sustainable agriculture. The topics of this special research collection includes, but are not limited to, the following aspects:
- The application of the CRISPR-Cas system in crop plants to improve crop traits and accelerate crop breeding;
- The application of nanotechnology in plant growth, crop production and crop protection;
- The application of microbial technology in crop production and sustainable agriculture;
- The application of omics technology in crop traits improvement and crop protection;
- The application of biotechnologies for enhancing the resistance of plants to stresses caused by global climate change;
- The application of biotechnologies in mitigating global climate change;
- Reviews on current studies of biotechnologies applications and future perspectives.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Gen Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- CRISPR
- nano-technology
- crop
- breading
- agriculture
- plant development
- microbial technology
- omics technology
