Progress in Molecular Breeding and Genetic Engineering for Fruit Crop Improvement
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 25
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant genetics; plant transcriptomics; association studies; phenotypic and molecular characterization of olive germplasm; micropropagation; floral biology; abiotic stress; studies about the climate change effects in olive growing
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Dear Colleagues,
Ongoing climate change and world population growth, especially in the poorest parts of the world, increase the urgency of selecting fruit varieties that are more productive and resilient to biotic and abiotic stress. The increasingly widespread availability of sequenced genomes for fruit crops allows the identification of target genes associated with stress response pathways and/or a reduction in the juvenile phase, therefore contributing to advancements in productivity or even an increase in product quality. Advances in key gene panel production and genome-wide association studies enable varietal selection and also the development of new varieties with interesting agronomic traits, facilitating better responses to current market demands through the application of modern assisted evolution technologies (TEA).
This Special Issue welcomes original research articles, review papers, and short communications on the topic of fruit crop genetic improvement.
Dr. Amelia Salimonti
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- genetics
- GWAS
- genome
- abiotic and biotic stress
- transcriptomic analysis
- fruit crop germplasm
- breeding
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