Genetic and Functional Genomics Insights into the Genetic Improvement of Stress Resistance in Economic Crops
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 573
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sweet potato; salt tolerance; transcription factors; regulatory mechanisms
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Dear Colleagues,
Economic crops, such as soybean, cotton, rape, and sweet potato hold pivotal importance in global agricultural economies by driving income generation, industrial development, and sustainable livelihoods. Some economic crops, such as sweet potato, also play a key role as staple crops, especially in developing countries. Dramatic increases in population, decreases in arable land, and harsh environmental conditions have brought superimposed serious challenges to global food and energy supplies. Complicated environmental conditions such as drought, salinity, cold and biotic stress seriously affect the growth and yield of various economic crops. Genetic improvement emerges as a critical solution; leveraging genomic tools to develop stress-resilient cultivars can remarkably reduce yield losses and enhance nutritional quality. This Special Issue in Genes aims to integrate recent attempts to make progress in economic crops by expanding knowledge in various fields, such as genetics, molecular biology, functional genomics, biotic and abiotic stress responses, and omics studies, etc.
Dr. Mingku Zhu
Dr. Xiaoqing Meng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- economic crops
- functional genomics
- molecular biology
- genetic improvement
- agricultural biotechnology
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