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Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Cereals

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 1258

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Antonio Costa De Oliveira

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Centro de Genômica E Fitomelhoramento, Departamento de Fitotecnia, Faculdade de Agronomia Eliseu Maciel, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Capão Do Leão CEP 96160-000, Brazil
Interests: plant biology; genetic variability; cereal science; plant breeding

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The global population is estimated to reach nine billion by 2050, creating an increased demand for food. Additionally, food nutrition standards demand the delivery of higher quality products. Cereals account for over 70% of the energy used in food and feed around the world and are important for global food security. However, the production of cereals is constrained by abiotic and biotic stresses. Therefore, in order to produce better yields and higher quality cereal crops, genetic improvements need to be focused on. Advances in cereal genomics have allowed us to tackle the most important stresses and mitigate their effects.

These advances are reviewed in the present Special Issue and will help to advance modern agriculture. The understanding of drought, flooding, salinity and metal toxicity effects and their corresponding genetic variants required for tolerance and fungal, bacteria and virus resistance in major cereal crops is fundamental for the success of cereal breeding and food security.

Prof. Dr. Antonio Costa De Oliveira
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • disease resistance
  • abiotic stresses
  • cereal genomics
  • plant pathogens
  • genetic resistance

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OsALB3 Is Required for Chloroplast Development by Promoting the Accumulation of Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll-Binding Proteins in Rice
by Chao Zhang, Xinchen Mao, Xiaoxiao Feng, Yali Sun, Zirui Wang, Jiaqi Tang and Hengxiu Yu
Plants 2023, 12(23), 4003; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12234003 - 28 Nov 2023
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ALBINO3 (ALB3) protein functions in the insertion and assembly of thylakoid membrane protein complexes and plays a critical role for chloroplast development in Arabidopsis. However, the biological function of ALB3 homologs in rice, OsALB3, remains elusive. Here, we identified a rice mutant, [...] Read more.
ALBINO3 (ALB3) protein functions in the insertion and assembly of thylakoid membrane protein complexes and plays a critical role for chloroplast development in Arabidopsis. However, the biological function of ALB3 homologs in rice, OsALB3, remains elusive. Here, we identified a rice mutant, yellow leaf and lethal1 (yll1), that displayed yellow leaves and died at the seedling stage. The content of chlorophyll in yll1, compared with wild type, was significantly decreased. Transmission electron microscopy observation shows that the chloroplast of yll1 lacks thylakoid membranes. The causal mutation, which is located in OsALB3, was isolated by Mutmap+ combined with a simple mutation filtering process. Knockout of OsALB3 leads to yellow leaves and seedling lethality, mimicking the phenotype of yll1. OsALB3 is widely expressed and OsALB3 is chloroplast-localized. Moreover, the content of light-harvesting chlorophyll-binding proteins in yll1 is reduced. Together, our study demonstrated the essential role of OsALB3 in chloroplast development and provided clues to the possible conserved molecular function of ALB3 in rice. Full article
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