Genetic Diversity in Rice Cultivars
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 May 2021) | Viewed by 17997
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Rice (Oryza sativa) is a model organism for plant biology, and one of the most widely consumed staple foods worldwide, being the most important cereal grain used for human nutrition. Domesticated in Asia, rice is a monocot usually grown as an annual crop plant. As it is a worldwide-spread crop, many varieties (also known as cultivars) exist, each one with its own genotypic and phenotypic characteristics, which makes their exploitation interesting for different causes.
This Special Issue is focused on the genetics and genomics underlying the similarities and distinctions between the different rice cultivars that can be found all across the world, to better understand the changes in the genome that lead to the appearance of the characteristics that make some varieties more suitable than others for their cultivation in different environmental conditions (both biotic- and abiotic-driven) or for different purposes (regarding their phenotypic characteristics).
For this, we welcome submissions of reviews, original research articles, and short communications that focus on genetic and genomic studies of different cultivars from the worldwide rice collection.
Prof. Michael Schläppi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Oryza sativa
- rice
- genetic diversity
- cultivar