Biotechnology for Cotton Improvement
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2022) | Viewed by 6468
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant biotechnology; gene editing; plant genomics; cotton improvement
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: plant biotechnology; cotton improvement; glandular structure; plant architecture
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cotton is one of the world’s important crops; it sustainably provides fiber, oil and edible protein. With the development of biotechnology and its application to cotton genome assembly, gene cloning, functional genomics, etc., the basic research and breeding process of cotton have been accelerated. New sequencing technologies have accelerated the revelation of the tetraploid cotton genome. New molecular markers and gene mapping methods accelerate the cloning of key genes associated with cotton yield and quality. The combination of innovations in cotton transformation and genome editing has facilitated the creation of new cotton germplasm. The emerging biotechnological tools play an important role in cotton improvement and the development of high-yielding and high-quality cotton varieties.
This Special Issue of Plants will broadly collect original manuscripts regarding the application of modern breeding biotechnologies in cotton, including cotton biotechnology, genome editing, bioinformatics research, molecular breeding, etc. We also welcome reviews on topics relevant to the contents above. Your generous submission and sharing will help drive cotton improvement.
Prof. Dr. Shuangxia Jin
Dr. Wei Gao
Prof. Dr. Xinhui Nie
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cotton
- fiber development
- insect/disease control
- cotton biotechnology
- genome editing functional genomics
- bioinformatics
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