Genetic and Molecular Basis of Crop Resistance to Pathogens
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 October 2021) | Viewed by 8190
Special Issue Editor
Interests: genetic of plant disease resistance, plant breeding; molecular markers; agricultural biotechnology; plant genomics; marker-assisted selection; plant phenotyping; genetic of host–pathogen interaction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Diverse and rapidly evolving pathogens cause plant diseases that threaten crop yield and food security around the world. According to the FAO, global crop losses from diseases are as high as 30%. Therefore, efficient control of plant pathogens is necessary in all agricultural systems. Genetic plant protection is a convenient alternative to chemical control of diseases. It is economically advantageous and contributes to the production of environmentally friendly products. It based on using plant resistance genes to develop disease-resistant cultivars. Adaptation processes in pathogen populations lead to loss of efficiency of resistance genes, so it is necessary to involve new genes in breeding. In this regard, it is necessary to study genetic resources of resistance and develop a stock of genes with both qualitative and quantitative resistance to ensure breeding. The emergence of new genomic technologies, complete sequencing of genomes of different crops, cloning of resistance genes, and recent advances in genetics of host–pathogen interaction have contributed to the significant acceleration and improvement in research on the problem of the genetic and molecular basis of crop resistance to pathogens.
This Special Issue deals with all aspects of genetic of plant resistance to fungal, viral, bacterial and viroid diseases, and the molecular basis of host–pathogen interaction. For this Special Issue, we welcome all types of articles, including original research and reviews.
Dr. Olga Silvestrovna Afanasenko
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant disease resistance genes
- genetics of durable disease resistance
- genomic selection
- resistance gene cloning
- marker-assisted selection
- genetics of plant–pathogen interaction
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