Crop Yield Improvement in Genetic and Biology 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: 15 March 2025 | Viewed by 15
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Interests: plant genomics and genetics; molecular breeding; rice yield; carbon partitioning; seed development
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Interests: plant genetics; molecular biology; biochemistry; seed science; functional genomics; synthetic biology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food security is threatened, due to the burgeoning world population, increasing individual demands and degrading farmland. Additionally, over the past two decades, climate change is becoming more challenging in crop field improvement, especially given the incidences of elevated atmospheric CO2, as well as changing temperature and rainfall patterns. It is estimated that crop yields must double by 2050 to ensure food security all over the world. Crop breeding has been greatly accelerated by the enhanced knowledge of plant genomics and genetics, and the development of modern biotechnologies. However, crop yields have stabilized in recent years. To keep up with the future food demand, it is imperative to explore the genetic basis of plants and apply modern genetic engineering and breeding biotechnologies.
The goal of this Special Issue, “Crop Yield Improvement in Genetic and Biology Breeding”, in Agriculture is to present an overview of the latest fundamental discoveries in crop genomics, genetics and crop germplasm resources, as well as the potential utilization of biotechnologies in crop yield improvement. All original research papers and reviews are welcome for submission to this research topic, and we believe your contribution will have a significant influence on future crop breeding.
Dr. Zhiyong Li
Dr. Jie Huang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- crops yield
- gene cloning and function
- genome editing
- genetic improvements
- genetic engineering
- regulatory mechanisms
- germplasm enhancement
- molecular breeding
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