Identification and Breeding of High-Quality, Disease-Resistance and High-Producing Varieties
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Breeding and Genetics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 October 2025 | Viewed by 124
Special Issue Editors
Interests: QTL mapping; GAWS; GP; molecular breeding; vegetable breeding
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: crop science; plant genetics; germplasm conservation; medicinal plant research; plant breeding techniques
Interests: genetics and plant breeding; production of seed and planting material; genetic resources; agricultural crops; medicinal and aromatic plants
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants provide nearly all of the nourishment needed by humans. Every single food item we consume is either made of plant resources or is rather derived from plants, such as meat, eggs, and dairy products. In order to address global challenges of food security and guarantee the sustainability of agriculture, it is vital to develop high-performance plant varieties. Therefore, we started a Special Issue in Agronomy entitled “Identification and Breeding of High-Quality, Disease-Resistance and High-Producing Varieties” with the following objectives for a sustainable agriculture:
- increase of agricultural yield in the context of the continuing global population development;
- improve the plant's nutritional quality for increasing the quality of foods;
- developing of disease resistance for agricultural practices less harmful to the environment by reducing the need to use pesticides;
- adaptability to climate changes to sustain an acceptable level of yield of the plant varieties;
- efficient use of environment resources for a long-term sustainability;
- diversification of agricultural crops through cultivation of new plant species.
High-performing cultivars are essential to ensure a sustainable and high-yielding agriculture adapted to global challenges, therefore this Special Issue's primary goal is to emphasize essential findings of plant breeding for the identification of high-quality, disease-resistance and high-producing varieties.
Dr. Ainong Shi
Dr. Andreea Ona
Dr. Leon Muntean
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- crops yield
- disease resistance
- varieties quality
- climate changes
- food security
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