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Genetic Breeding of Trees
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Genetic Breeding of Trees

A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 November 2024 | Viewed by 477

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Wenhao Bo

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State Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: forest genomics; forest phenomics; genetic improvement in forest
Prof. Dr. Jinhuan Chen

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State Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources, National Engineering Research Center of Tree Breeding and Ecological Restoration, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: trees breeding; tree genetics; plant stress response

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Forests provide multitude of resources such as timber, paper, medicinal materials, food, and industrial materials, which play a vital role in soil and water conservation, climate regulation, and the maintenance of biodiversity, forming an essential part of terrestrial ecosystems. With the impacts of climate change and increasing demands from human populations, the genetic improvement of forest trees becomes increasingly crucial for both basic research and applications in forestry. It can enhance the adaptability, growth rate, and production and quality of timber, food, and medicinal products of tree species, as well as the ability to resist biotic and abiotic stresses. This Special Issue aims to collect and showcase the latest research findings and advancements in the field of the genetic breeding of trees.

Topics of interest for the issue include but are not limited to:

  • New strategies and methods for the genetic improvement of tree species;
  • Evaluation of tree genetic resources;
  • Application of molecular markers and genomics in tree species improvement;
  • The biotechnology in the genetic improvement of forest trees;
  • Genetic basis studies on the adaptability of forest trees to environmental changes;
  • Genetic breeding for resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses;
  • The relationship between forest ecosystem services and genetic breeding.
  • Flowering and pollination rules and its molecular mechanism of forest plants

We invite researchers, scholars, and practitioners from around the globe to submit their original research and review articles on tree species genetic improvement, genomics, molecular biology, the management and conservation of genetic resources, and related fields.

Dr. Wenhao Bo
Prof. Dr. Jinhuan Chen
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Plants is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • tree genomics
  • tree species genetic improvement
  • adaptive genetics in forestry
  • forest genetic resources
  • biotechnology in tree breeding
  • molecular markers in forestry
  • biotic and abiotic stress resistance in trees
  • forest biodiversity conservation
  • wood quality improvement
  • forest tree phenotyping
  • genetic diversity and tree conservation

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Identification of Key Genes of Fruit Shape Variation in Jujube with Integrating Elliptic Fourier Descriptors and Transcriptome
by Yue Ren, Wenqing Fu, Yi Gao, Yuhan Chen, Decang Kong, Ming Cao, Xiaoming Pang and Wenhao Bo
Plants 2024, 13(9), 1273; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13091273 - 5 May 2024
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Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) exhibits a rich diversity in fruit shape, with natural occurrences of gourd-like, flattened, and other special shapes. Despite the ongoing research into fruit shape, studies integrating elliptical Fourier descriptors (EFDs) with both Short Time-series Expression Miner (STEM) and [...] Read more.
Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) exhibits a rich diversity in fruit shape, with natural occurrences of gourd-like, flattened, and other special shapes. Despite the ongoing research into fruit shape, studies integrating elliptical Fourier descriptors (EFDs) with both Short Time-series Expression Miner (STEM) and weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) for gene discovery remain scarce. In this study, six cultivars of jujube fruits with distinct shapes were selected, and samples were collected from the fruit set period to the white mature stage across five time points for shape analysis and transcriptome studies. By combining EFDs with WGCNA and STEM, the study aimed to identify the critical periods and key genes involved in the formation of jujube fruit shape. The findings indicated that the D25 (25 days after flowering) is crucial for the development of jujube fruit shape. Moreover, ZjAGL80, ZjABI3, and eight other genes have been implicated to regulate the shape development of jujubes at different periods of fruit development, through seed development and fruit development pathway. In this research, EFDs were employed to precisely delineate the shape of jujube fruits. This approach, in conjunction with transcriptome, enhanced the precision of gene identification, and offered an innovative methodology for fruit shape analysis. This integration facilitates the advancement of research into the morphological characteristics of plant fruits, underpinning the development of a refined framework for the genetic underpinnings of fruit shape variation. Full article
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