Cruciferous Vegetables: The New Era of Vegetable Improvement

Dear Colleagues,

Cruciferous vegetables comprises of many economically important crops, such as cabbage, broccoli, Chinese cabbage, mustard and radish, widely cultivated in the world.

In recent years, with the progresses in sequencing technologies, bioinformatics and biotechnologies, breeding in Cruciferous vegetables has considerable improved. The available of high-quality genome assemblies, genome resequencing, omics approaches, high-density molecular markers and genome maps has contributed to isolation of genes/QTLs controlling agriculturally important traits, such as root/stem enlargement, leaf shape, nutritional supplements, flowering time, and tolerance to adverse abiotic and biotic stresses. Molecular breeding techniques, including molecular marker-assisted selection and genomic selection genomic selection, enables precise genetic elevation, prediction and selection in plant germplasm and breeding populations, thus significantly reduces the breeding cycle time. In addition, application of advanced biotechnologies, such as CRISPR/Cas genome editing tools, enables oriented improvement of breeding lines. Distant hybridization facilitates the introgression of desirable genes, such as clubroot resistant genes, into a specific cultivated crop from its close relatives. Haploid induction methods, including in vitro microspore culture and in vivo haploid production tools, accelerate the homogeneity of breeding materials.

This Special Issue, " Cruciferous Vegetables: The New Era of Vegetable Improvement", invites contributions on molecular genetics and biotechnologies, such as mapping/isolation of important genes, application of biotechnology tools and molecular evaluation of germplasm, to improve Cruciferous vegetables. All types of articles are welcome, including review, research and opinion articles.

Dr. Fengqing Han
Dr. Xiaoli Zhang
Dr. Yong Wang
Prof. Dr. Yangyong Zhang
Guest Editors

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• cruciferous vegetables
• genetics
• genomics
• marker-assisted breeding
• gene/QTL mapping
• genome editing
• distant hybridization
• haploid induction
• germplasm evaluation