Color Formation and Regulation in Horticultural Plants
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Genetics, Genomics, Breeding, and Biotechnology (G2B2)".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 91
Special Issue Editors
Interests: color formation of flowers and leaves; transcription regulation; gene expression and protein interactions
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: floral pigmentation and regulation; floral scent formation; floral development
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Different types of plants make up the colorful biosphere, and the most intuitive study of plants is undoubtedly the study of plant colour. Flower colour is the intuitive character of flowering plants and one of the important characteristics of ornamental plants; therefore, it is of great economic and agricultural value to study the formation mechanism of flower colour. Fruit color can directly reflect the maturity and quality of fruit, as well as the nutrition, diseases, and pests of plants. Colour formation is a complex physiological and genetic process, mainly determined by the chemical compounds or pigments in plants, and the study of flower, leaf, and fruit colour formation remains an important direction in horticultural plant breeding.
The purpose of this Special Issue on “Color Formation and Regulation in Horticultural Plants” is to present the latest advances pertaining to color formation in horticultural plants including, but not limited to, physiological responses and molecular mechanisms. Any innovative articles on color formation in horticultural plants are welcome in this Special Issue.
Dr. Yang Zhou
Dr. Chonghui Li
Dr. Ye Ai
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- color formation
- physiological and molecular mechanisms
- molecular breeding
- horticultural plants
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