Molecular Biology of Plants
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 July 2025 | Viewed by 117
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the fast development of modern genomic and molecular technologies, targeted molecular breeding of both herbaceous and forestry species has become available. The production of high-quality, high-yield, and high-stress-resistant cultivars relies on a deep understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying the formation of important agronomic traits, the identification and functional characterization of novel genes, and efficient genetic modification technologies. The mining of yield- and stress-resistance-related genes and their functional identification by using multi-omics, molecular, and transgenic strategies provides the basic scientific support for the clarification of the molecular mechanisms and genetic improvement. This Special Issue will address a selection of recent research topics and current review articles in the field of plant molecular biology, genetics, genomics, metabolomics, and genetic modification technologies. Examples of research topics that will be examined in this Special Issue include the following: application of next-generation sequencing for genetic improvement, multi-omics-based gene mining, novel approaches to germplasm utilization, mapping and cloning of genes, development of tools for marker-assisted selection, molecular basis of biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, metabolomes and stress tolerance, novel transgenic technologies, etc.
Dr. Jun Ni
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- transcriptome
- metabolome
- genome editing
- genetic modification
- stress resistance
- yield improvement
- secondary metabolites
- flowering
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