Genetic Diversity Assessment and Breeding of Ornamental Crops
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Genetics, Genomics and Breeding".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2026 | Viewed by 208
Editor
Interests: lilium; genetic breeding; interspecific hybridization; ploidy breeding; mutation breeding
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Dear Colleagues,
Ornamental crops, such as roses, chrysanthemums, lilies, orchids, and tulips, have positive effects on our health, and they also bring considerable economic benefits. However, the quality and yield of these crops are often constrained by limited genetic diversity and outdated breeding technologies. Recent advances in high-throughput genotyping, phenomics, gene editing, and digital tools present powerful opportunities to address these challenges. Therefore, this Special Issue invites original research, reviews, and short communications highlighting recent advances in the assessment of genetic diversity in ornamental crops, as well as studies on interspecific hybridization, ploidy breeding, mutation breeding, marker-assisted selection, transgenic technology, and gene editing.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Collection, conservation, and assessment of ornamental germplasm.
- Interspecific hybridization, polyploidy, and mutation breeding.
- High-throughput genotyping and phenotyping for diversity analysis.
- QTL mapping, genome-wide association studies, and genomic prediction.
- Transgenic approaches and CRISPR-based gene editing.
Dr. Leifeng Xu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ornamental crops
- genetic diversity
- interspecific hybridization
- ploidy breeding
- mutation breeding
- marker-assisted selection
- transgenic approaches
- gene editing
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