Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology of Crop Breeding
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Genetics, Genomics and Breeding".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2023) | Viewed by 2255
Special Issue Editors
Interests: GWAS; QTL mapping; expression; diversity; epigenetics; transcriptome; SNP
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Interests: wheat; abiotic stresses; gwas, methylome; transcriptome; germplasm
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Interests: wheat genetics; zea mays; GWAS; genetics; molecular biology; diversity; association mapping
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Crop breeding needs continuous research to develop high yielding varieties capable of withstanding abiotic and biotic stresses. With the advancement in technologies, new molecular and genomic tools have been developed, the integration of which has revolutionized breeding programs in different crops. A number of QTLs/genes for important traits including complex traits have been identified through QTL interval mapping/ GWAS and also successfully utilized in molecular breeding to improve the particular crop. Further, the utilization of omics approaches such as transcriptomics, metabolomics, proteomics and ionomics has accelerated functional genomics studies, leading to increased understanding of the molecular mechanism of trait variation at the genome-wide level. The comparative genomics approach has facilitated the identification of important genes in orphan crops using information available in model plates. These candidate genes can be functionally characterized using molecular tools and can be utilized in breeding programs.
The current Special Issue focuses on the advancement in the existing knowledge of different molecular tools, genomic information, genes/QTLs identification and molecular breeding techniques in all crops of importance. We welcome submissions of the original papers or reviews in the mentioned area.
Dr. Vandana Jaiswal
Dr. Vijay Gahlaut
Dr. Deepmala Sehgal
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- genes
- QTL mapping
- transcriptome
- methylome
- GWAS
- marker-assisted selection
- functional characterization
- genomic selection
- marker development
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