Forest Tree Genetics and Breeding in Response to Different Threats: 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Various threats, such as drought, low temperature, heat, heavy metals, salt damage, and pests and diseases, are important factors restricting the growth of forest trees. Trees have long growth cycles, and their resilience mechanisms are extremely complex; therefore, improving the resistance of trees to stress has always been a difficult problem for breeders. However, people can modify the resistance traits of trees at the genetic level by using genetic engineering technology. This has given rise to a new era in the in-depth development of tree breeding by molecular design. Finding key regulatory genes of tree resistance to effectively improve the stress traits of trees would directly contribute to genetic improvement for stronger stress resistance and ultimately benefit tree breeding.

This Special Issue of Forests guides the genetic breeding of forest trees in response to different environmental stresses and explores the fields of the genetic and molecular mechanisms of the stress resistance traits of trees, seeking new breeding strategies that can improve trees’ resistance to environmental stress. Submissions of articles involving multiple aspects of tree breeding/modification in response to different stresses/threats are welcome.

Dr. Jingli Yang
Dr. Haizhen Zhang
Dr. Shicheng Zhao
Dr. Hanzeng Wang
Guest Editors

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