Evaluation, Protection, and Efficient Utilization of Excellent Resources of Peony
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: closed (20 October 2023) | Viewed by 5134
Special Issue Editors
Interests: peony; flowering; chemical compound identification; edible food development; medicinal compound
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Peony is of great medicinal, ornamental, edible, oil, and economic value, and it can provide not only fresh flowers, but also most of the oil (α-Linolenic acid), vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, medicinal materials, and bioactivity substances that are necessary for humans. Many more products, including medicine, beer, milk powder, cosmetics, etc., have also been developed. However, good peony resources are still needed for the development and utilization of peonies. Additionally, further investigations should be carried out on the genes and genomes underlying the most important peony traits and metabolism synthesis, the functions of bioactivity substances should be analyzed, and new products should be developed to advance the peony industry. With the increasing societal demand for a better, healthier, and longer life, the exploration and utilization of peony resources are incredibly necessary. Therefore, new strategies for the evaluation and utilization of peony resources and deciphering of the mechanisms of regulation of important economic and agronomic traits are urgently needed. This Special Issue aims to offer an overview of the most recent advances in the evaluation, utilization, and product development of peonies. Particularly, this Special Issue aims to publish selected contributions on advances in the evaluation, gene exploration, and efficient utilization of excellent resources of peony.
Potential topics include but are not limited to:
- Evaluation of peony resources;
- Excellent gene exploration;
- Cultivation and tissue culture;
- Molecular mechanisms of important economic and agronomic traits;
- Mechanisms of important metabolite synthesis;
- Function of peony extractions;
- Edible food development;
- Role of chemical compounds in medicine.
Dr. Shunli Wang
Dr. Shanshan Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- peony
- germplasm evaluation
- gene clone
- mechanisms of important characters
- cultivation
- medicinal compound
- edible food development
- antioxidant
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