Disease Resistance Breeding of Field Crops
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 1262
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant molecular cell biology; plant chromosome; wheat genetics; wheat breeding; genomic evolution; chromosome engineering
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: plant molecular biology; host-pathogen interaction; sunflower genetics and genomics; sunflower disease resistance; sunflower senescence
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Resistance breeding is an important strategy for reducing crop losses caused by a number of different pathogens including fungi, bacteria, and viruses. Traditional crop breeding methods have been quite successful in improving disease resistance for decades based on the identification and utilization of natural and induced germplasms for multiple disease resistances.
The development and precise identification of new crop germplasms with diverse disease-resistant genes from field crops and their wild relatives using wide hybridization remain to be effective to expand genetic resources. The advanced techniques of cytogenetic, functional genomics, and genome-based molecular marker systems with low costs and high-throughput data processing along with the availability of different mapping populations and bioinformatics tools are benefiting crop breeding strategies that utilize diverse forms of resistance. In addition, techniques for the induction of new variability through mutagenesis and genome/gene editing are emerging as significant strategies for crop improvement. Pyramiding genes for achieving broad-spectrum and durable disease-resistant with high yield and novel agronomic traits is a promising avenue for the present and future global crop breeding and production.
Prof. Dr. Zujun Yang
Dr. Ruth A. Heinz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- disease resistance
- molecular breeding
- germplasm enhancement
- chromosome manipulation
- genetic mapping
- functional genomics
- mutagenesis
- gene editing
