Wheat Breeding and Genetics

Dear Colleagues,

Wheat is the main food source for 40% of the world’s population. Climate change, global population growth, and specific consumer demands have increased the need for sustainability, quality, and safety in wheat production. Therefore, greater focus has been placed on the improvement of wheat agronomic traits, such as increasing yield, enhancing stress resistance, and improving quality. The development of high-throughput sequencing technology and wheat functional genomics research has promoted the application of marker-assisted selection, genome selection, and genetic variation in modern breeding techniques. The use of new tools such as gene editing and data simulation and prediction is also expected to speed up the identification of important wheat genes and the breeding of elite varieties.

This Special Issue aims to introduce the latest research progress in the field of wheat genetics and breeding, with a focus on QTL mapping, GWAS, candidate gene identification, genetic regulatory mechanism analysis, and marker-assisted selection breeding for traits related to yield and environmental stress tolerance. We also welcome research on epigenetic regulation, multi-omics, genetic diversity, and new breeding technologies.

Dr. Chuan Xia
Guest Editor

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• wheat
• breeding
• genomics
• genomic selection
• genetic improvement
• multi-omics
• marker-assisted selection
• GWAS
• QTL