Molecular Genetics and Resources of Medicinal Plants
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 September 2023) | Viewed by 1204
Special Issue Editors
Interests: medicinal plants and herbs; phytochemicals; plant nutrition
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Medicinal plants synthesize a broad array of bioactive compounds as defensive metabolites. The development of genetically elite varieties with desired traits under suitable environments is essential to secure the cultivation of high-quality herbs. With the aid of biotechnology tools, herb genomics has recently become an emerging field that investigates the molecular genetic basis of species identity and the beneficial traits in medicinal plants, particularly the biosynthesis and accumulation of phytopharmaceuticals using genomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics data.
With the ever-increasing developments in the various biotechnological procedures, the research on the molecular genetics of medicinal plants has been tremendously deepened. In this Special Issue, we aim to focus on the molecular genetics of medicinal plants considering the genetic resources, genome differences, gene function, and their related research methods. The predominant research fields are species identification, molecular breeding, and the study of the biosynthesis of special active constituents. The research themes of molecular genetics of medicinal plants are classified as genetic resources, model platforms, synthetic biology, and molecular breeding, which give rise to hundreds of genome projects of medicinal and aromatic plants. Moreover, in the characterization of medicinal plant resources, we have the aid of model and mutant species and the breeding of new varieties of medicinal plants with a high content of active ingredients and a reliable resilience facing the stressor relying on the molecular markers and transgenes.
This Special Issue will focus on the prospects of the molecular genetics and resources of medicinal plants. Our aim is to compile the recent advances in any aspects of the molecular genetics and resources of medicinal and aromatic plants. We welcome original research and review articles on all relevant topics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Molecular genetics methodologies;
- Genetical analysis;
- Marker-assisted breeding of medicinal plants;
- Gene characterization and function;
- Development and utilization of molecular genetics;
- Genotyping technologies;
- Genetic resources of medicinal plants;
- Genetic analysis of specialty metabolites;
- Gene structure and function analysis.
Dr. Mohammad Bagher Hassanpouraghdam
Dr. Amir Akhgari
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- medicinal plants
- molecular genetics
- medicinal plants resources
- molecular mechanisms
- biotechnological methodology
- genotyping
