Recent Advances in Plant Genomics and Genetics
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 26
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Interests: biotic and abiotic tolerance; salinity stress; drought; agricultural pollution; plant genomics and genetics; genome editing; CRISPR/Cas9; molecular breeding
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Interests: rice abiotic interaction; plant hormone; heat stress; low-temperature stress; salt stress; sugar metabolism
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Interests: plant stress tolerance; rice genetics and breeding; biotechnology
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Interests: milling quality; breeding application; high-temperature tolerance; yield improvement
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The study of plant genomics and genetics in the 21st century is, and will continue to be, vastly different from that in the 20th century. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms have allowed the assembly and annotation of hundreds of plant genomes, while long-read sequencing has made many of these assemblies nearly complete. Apart from sequencing technology, recent advancements in statistical and computational approaches also contributed significantly in shaping plant genetics and the genomics field. Numerous genomics tools like genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS), genomic selection (GS), genome-wide association studies (GWAS), Mut-map, and QTL-seq are being widely used in plant science research. Also, diverse omics technologies such as transcriptomics, epigenomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and ionomics, have developed rapidly, providing powerful tools for the comprehensive study of plant biology. Genetic engineering and genome editing are becoming the most popular advances in plant science. CRISPR/Cas9 was widely used for efficient multi-site genome editing in various species for target traits modification.
In this Special Issue, we focus on recent advances in plant genetic and breeding. We invite researchers to contribute their original research papers and reviews on the following themes. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Identification of functional genes/QTL in plants
- Plant biological stduy
- Novel genome editing methods and tools
- Genetic breeding or improvement for major crops
- Genomic breeding tools
- CRISPR Cas technology and their applications in crop improvement
Dr. Tianxiao Chen
Dr. Baohua Feng
Dr. Long Chen
Dr. Xiangjin Wei
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- high-throughput genotyping
- plant genetics
- plant genomics
- genetic markers
- genetic improvements
- genome editong
- CRISPR/Cas9
- genomic selection
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