Genetics and Transcriptomics 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 October 2023) | Viewed by 4994
Special Issue Editors
Interests: secondary metabolites; gene expression; plant tissue culture; abiotic stress; molecular breeding
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Interests: cell signaling; abiotic stresses; functional analysis
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Interests: molecular breeding; abiotic stresses; genetic diversity; wheat and barley germplasms; plant physiology
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Interests: plant breeding; abiotic stresses; plant genetic resources
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Medicinal plants have a long history of use all around the world. Nevertheless, medicinal plants still have a hopeful future, as many species have not yet been studied or remain to be more deeply investigated as regards both their chemical constituents and biological properties.
In recent years, due to their commercial importance and increasing demand, research on the genetics and breeding of medicinal plants has gradually increased and made some progress. However, much work remains to be conducted to explore the functions of genes, regulatory mechanisms, and signaling pathways for stimulating the development of breeding technologies in order to improve traits. Various technologies, genomics, transcriptomics, etc., have been utilized to determine gene functions. These advances have created new opportunities for plant breeding programs to accelerate their genetic gain rates. However, the use of these technologies in the breeding of medicinal plants has been limited, and there is still a lot of room to improve breeding development, detect the biological functions, and identify technological applications in medicinal plants.
Therefore, in this Special Issue, we invite researchers to share their findings on all aspects of molecular biology, genetic diversity, plant tissue culture, biological activity, and regulatory issues related to medicinal plants.
Dr. Farzad Kianersi
Dr. Parviz Heidari
Dr. Alireza Pour-Aboughadareh
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Mahdi Majidi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- medicinal plants
- abiotic and biotic stress
- transcriptomic
- functional genomics
- enzyme activity
- phytochemicals
- gene discovery
- genetic diversity
- phylogenetic relationship
- gene expression assay
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