Genetic Improvement of Ornamental Plants
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Floriculture, Nursery and Landscape, and Turf".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (19 February 2022) | Viewed by 283
Special Issue Editor
Interests: quantitative genetics; germplasm enhancement and breeding in ornamental crops
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The market demands for ornamental plants, including flower bulbs, cut flowers, and flowering pot plants, increases annually, compelling scientists and breeders to create new cultivars. In ornamental species, floral attributes, including flower color, flower shape, floral scent, and flowering time, are the most attractive traits of interest for breeders. Over the decades, conventional breeding approaches, though time-consuming and laborious, remain the mainstay of practical breeding programs for ornamental crops, especially for those without well-established biotechnological approaches. In recent years, however, genetic engineering (somatic mutation and transgenic and genome modification/editing), molecular marker-assisted selection, and the next-generation-sequencing-derived multi-omic technologies have led to considerable progress in ornamental germplasm enhancement, showing great potential to expedite the breeding process compared with conventional methods. The proposed Special Issue shall present recent advances concerning improvement in floral attributes of ornamental species by implementing biotechnological approaches. We are looking forward to receiving your manuscript related to the theme of the Special Issue and sharing your results with the research community.
Prof. Dr. Fei Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ornamental plants
- flower color
- flower shape
- floral scent
- flowering time
- genetic engineering
- transgenic
- genome editing
- molecular markers
- germplasm enhancement
