Plant Breeding through Conventional and Biotechnological Methods
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Genetics, Genomics and Breeding".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2023) | Viewed by 6314
Special Issue Editors
Interests: genomics; plant breeding; CRISP/R; stress tolerance; molecular genetics; population genetics molecular species identification and authentication
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Interests: tissue culture; stress tolerance; molecular plant breeding; genetic resources; seed breeding omics
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Interests: genetic resources; omics; breeding yield; tree breeding; novel methods in breeding
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant breeding is one of the most important human agricultural activities. It has helped humanity to develop and improve food in terms of quality and quantity and has played a significant role in food security. Since the phenotypic selection of the first humans and farmers, our scientific knowledge has improved dramatically. Plant breeding science has moved from phenotypic selection to genetics, molecular breeding and molecular markers, and lately, from omics technologies to genome-wide association studies. Thousands of species and varieties have been sequenced and phenotyped, and new markers have been developed. Whole genomes and varieties of many plant species have been sequenced and mapped, offering unique knowledge. The vast scientific progress has gone even further from genetic engineering to editing technologies, which has introduced the scientific community to new frontiers and new challenges. Furthermore, agriculture and humanity face challenges not seen before such as climate change and human population increase. These challenges put plant production and food security under pressure to meet the needs lying ahead. Moreover, we have now learned that there is no magic solution but instead a unique solution where interdisciplinary collaboration is needed in order to progress in new innovative solutions that might be needed urgently in the view of the fast-coming challenges. This Special Issue concentrates on the recent developments in the field of plant breeding using either conventional or biotechnological methods or their combinations.
Dr. Panagiotis Madesis
Dr. Irini Nianiou-Obeidat
Prof. Dr. Ioannis Ganopoulos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- increase yield
- stress tolerance
- disease resistance
- novel methods
- crispR/CAS9
- omics
- climate change
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