Trends and Prospects of Genetic and Molecular Research in Plants—2nd Edition

A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".

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Department of Crop Science, College of Agriculture, Life and Environment Sciences, Chungbuk National University, 1 Chungdae-ro, Seowon-gu, Chongju 28644, Republic of Korea
Interests: marker-assisted breeding (MAS); plant breeding by CRISPR/Cas9; functional genomics; GWAS; biotic and abiotic tolerance; transcriptomics; functional analysis of genes; plant biotechnology; molecular breeding in rice
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Division of Horticultural Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology Hankyong National University, Anseong 17579, Republic of Korea
Interests: functional analysis of genes by CRISPR/Cas9; functional genomics; transcriptomics; abiotic and biotic tolerance; plant biotechnology; molecular breeding in plants
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Interests: plant genetics and genomics; plant biotechnology; plant breeding by CRISPR/Cas9; biotic and abiotic tolerance; transcriptomics; functional analysis of genes; crop improvement
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Dear Colleagues,

Genetic and molecular studies on plants have made it possible to secure useful genetic resources that can adapt to environmental stresses such as biotic stress and abiotic stress for a stable supply of human food resources and to identify their functions. To this end, many researchers have reported on environmental stress resistance mechanisms as well as major regulatory genes related to plant organ differentiation, growth and development, and metabolism. Thus, this Special Issue, entitled “Trends and Prospects of Genetic and Molecular Research in Plants, 2nd Edition,” aims to gather various biotechnology studies to overcome the limitations of crop productivity from the genome to the population level and maximize the factors and quantitative traits that correlate with the expression of key functional genes in crops. We welcome the submission of review and research papers or short communications on topics related to results and applications, focusing on genetic and breeding studies at the molecular level of plants.

Prof. Dr. Yong-Gu Cho
Prof. Dr. Yu-jin Jung
Dr. Me-Sun Kim
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Keywords

  • transcriptomics
  • genetic research by gene editing
  • function of genes
  • transcription factors
  • plant gene regulation
  • molecular genetics
  • genetic mapping
  • marker-assisted selection
  • genomic selection
  • genetic engineering
  • molecular design breeding
  • plant breeding

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The First Domesticated ‘Cheongju Sorori Rice’ Excavated in Korea
by Yong-Gu Cho, Me-Sun Kim, Kwon Kyoo Kang, Joong Hyoun Chin, Ju-Kyung Yu, Soowon Cho, Chul-Won Lee, Jun Hyun Cho, Tae-Sik Park, Hak-Soo Suh, Mun-Hue Heu, Seung-Won Lee, Jong-Yoon Woo and Yung-Jo Lee
Plants 2024, 13(14), 1948; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13141948 - 16 Jul 2024
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Archaeological excavations led by Yung-jo Lee and Jong-yoon Woo were carried out twice at the Sorori paleolithic site, Cheongju, in the Republic of Korea, at the upper stream of the Geumgang river, the Miho riverside. A total of 127 rice seeds were excavated, [...] Read more.
Archaeological excavations led by Yung-jo Lee and Jong-yoon Woo were carried out twice at the Sorori paleolithic site, Cheongju, in the Republic of Korea, at the upper stream of the Geumgang river, the Miho riverside. A total of 127 rice seeds were excavated, including 18 ancient rice and 109 Quasi-rice, in 1998 and 2001. At the first excavation, eleven short japonica-type ancient rice and one slender smooth ancient rice with two kinds of Quasi-rice were excavated. The average length of the 11 short rice grains obtained from the first and second excavation was 7.19 mm and the average width was 3.08 mm, respectively. The Quasi-rice are apparently different from the rice and do not have bi-peak protuberances on their glume surface. At the second excavation, six short ancient rice chaffs and some Quasi-rice 2 were found. These short-grained ancient rice were comparable to the ancient rice that were excavated at the Illsan Neolithic site. Geologists and radiologists confirmed that the peat layer in which the rice found was older than 15,000 years. In this study, the morphological characteristics, crushing, and DNA band patterns related to the genetic polymorphism of rice grains in Cheongju Sorori were compared and analyzed for genetic similarities and differences with wild rice, weed rice, and modern rice. The morphological, ecological, and physiological variations in rice grains excavated from the Sorori site were presumed to denote the origin of rice domestication in Korea. It is also suggested that the results of the DNA sequencing of excavated rice are very important clues in estimating the origin of the early domestication of rice. Full article
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