Exploiting Plant Genetic Resources to Broaden Crop Adaptation to New Climatic Conditions
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Breeding and Genetics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2022) | Viewed by 16672
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant genetics & breeding; molecular cytogenetics; breeding for resistance to abiotic stress conditions and food quality
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Interests: cereal genetics and breeding; plant genetic resources; diversity; multi-environment field evaluation; tolerance to abiotic stress; GxE interaction; wide and specific agronomic adaptation; responsiveness to inputs; climate change
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Interests: plant breeding; field experimentation; cytogenetics; doubled haploid production (anther culture and wide hybridization); study of the 1RL.1RS wheat-rye chromosome translocation; wheat (bread and durum) rye; triticale and cotton
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, ever-accelerating climate change has made it necessary to create new genetic material with increased adaptability and plasticity in the face of the forthcoming stressful environmental conditions. In this regard, several proposals have been suggested, including conventional and molecular approaches. Plant genetic resources could provide an effective solution to this severe problem. Local populations, landraces, obsolete cultivars, and crop wild relatives are valuable sources of genetic material that could broaden the genetic base and increase cultivated species’ adaptability in such conditions. This Special Issue aims to present new approaches to the evaluation and exploitation of plant genetic resources for improving productivity, adaptability, tolerance to stress, and food quality in the face of the challenges of the 21st century.
In this Special Edition, research papers and review articles can be submitted that will be evaluated by distinguished scientists and specialized reviewers.
Dr. Athanasios G. Mavromatis
Dr. Ioannis Mylonas
Dr. Ioannis Ν. Xynias
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- local germplasm
- adaptation
- changing climatic conditions
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