Molecular Plant Breeding in Tomatoes
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 (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 6267
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant breeding; agronomy; marker-assisted selection; molecular plant breeding; plant genetics; quantitative trait loci
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Tomato is one of the most important species in the world, being widely cultivated and with great economic importance. The production of 182 million tons in 2018 represents a doubling in the last 20 years. The selection process carried out on tomatoes to increase their agronomic value has led to a reduction in genetic diversity in the cultivated varieties. Fortunately, tomato is rich in genetic resources, and breeding programs to address the problems that affect it are being carried out extensively. Furthermore, the tomato is also an important model system for plants and, especially, for the biology of the fleshy fruit.
Over the years, the goals of genetic breeding of tomatoes have targeted specific traits such as productivity, domestication, fruit quality, tolerance to pests and diseases, evolution, etc. Nowadays, it is additionally necessary to take into account the changing conditions due to climate change, with new challenges in adapting to new environmental conditions and to face new emerging diseases. All this has expanded the objectives of tomato improvement programs.
For this reason, the proposed Special Issue on “Molecular Plant Breeding in Tomatoes” aims to present advances in tomato breeding traditional and new objectives that involve facing the new global climatic conditions. I look forward to receiving your manuscripts and am eager to share your results with the research community.
Dr. María José Gonzalo Pascual
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Tomato breeding
- Molecular breeding
- Fruit quality
- Domestication and evolution
- Biotic stresses
- Abiotic stresses
