Molecular Approaches for Plant Resistance to Rust Diseases
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 154
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Interests: cereal crop pathology; host–pathogen interaction studies; genetic analysis; marker-assisted selection; genotyping; field trials; high-throughput phenotyping of wheat rust diseases
Interests: plant genetics and breeding
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Dear Colleagues,
Rust diseases, caused by various fungal pathogens, can cause substantial yield losses in many crops such as wheat, barley, maize, oat, rye, cotton, soybeans, vegetables (e.g., beans and asparagus), and trees (e.g., apple, coffee, eucalyptus, guava, pine, etc.). Rust diseases are particularly destructive to winter cereal crops and are considered to be the most feared plant diseases by the growers. Myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii), recently detected in Australia, Florida, Hawaii, Indonesia, New Caledonia, and New Zealand, can infect hundreds of plant species of the family Myrtaceae.
Plant resistance to rust diseases is crucial for agricultural productivity and sustainability. Molecular approaches, including genetic analysis of resistance and marker development, cloning and maker assisted selections, etc., have significantly advanced our ability to understand and enhance plant resistance to rust diseases. Overall, molecular approaches provide powerful tools to dissect the genetic basis of rust resistance, accelerate breeding efforts, and develop sustainable strategies for managing rust diseases in agriculture. These technologies continue to evolve, offering new opportunities to enhance plant resilience against rust pathogens in the face of changing environmental and pathogenic pressures. Moreover, in the absence of genetic resistance, increased chemical control of rust diseases can lead to environmental contamination, potential harm to non-target organisms, and the development of pathogen isolates with resistance to fungicides. Thus, considering the high interest in plant resistance to rust diseases, this Special Issue will cover a range of molecular approaches conducted by scientists for achieving genetic resistance
Dr. Karanjeet Sandhu
Dr. Davinder Singh
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Pucciniales
- rust diseases
- rust resistance
- mechanisms of genetic resistance
- genetic mapping
- cloning, transgenic and gene editing techniques
- marker assisted selection
- gene pyramiding
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