Applied Molecular Biology and Biotechnology for Crop Improvement in Marginal Environments
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 1403
Special Issue Editors
Interests: genomics and molecular mechanisms involved in plant tolerance to salinity stress; metagenomics of endophytes and their impact on root system development and tolerance to environmental constraints in native plants
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: how plants can survive under abiotic or biotic stress conditions; MAP kinases target chromatin primes stress resistance at both the genetic and epigenetic level; beneficial microorganisms and their mechanisms to enhance stress tolerance in plants
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change is the result of the degradation of our natural resources, mainly due to the dramatic population increase. This scenario will compromise food security in marginal environments by inhibiting crop production. Applied molecular biology and biotechnology have the potential to yield a system-level perspective on plant biotic and abiotic stress response mechanisms through the characterization of stress-inducible genes, regulatory networks and biochemical pathways. A number of studies have adopted NGS (next-generation sequencing)-based profiling of the transcriptome, proteomic or metabolomic studies to identify genes involved in abiotic and biotic stress tolerance.
These advancements will lead to an array of new crops tailored to abiotic stresses and adapted to marginal environments. Therefore, it is essential to explore the ongoing genomic tools and latest biotechnological developments for understanding the various aspects of crop abiotic stress tolerance in marginal lands.
The present Special Issue, “Applied Molecular Biology and Biotechnology for Crop Improvement in Marginal Environments”, addresses the progress made in molecular and biotechnological approaches with the aim of gathering the most recent scientific knowledge for their applications in growing crops on marginal affected lands. In this broad context, we invite investigators/researchers to submit original research articles, reviews and mini reviews, opinions, and perspectives on these thematic areas. The range of research topics may include, but are not limited to, molecular/conventional breeding, linkage mapping and GWAS, transgenesis, application of omics approaches, RNA-Seq, epigenetics and computational approaches for diversified crop production under abiotic stress and marginal land conditions.
The so-called disruptive technologies, in particular infotech and biotech, will have a huge transformative potential role to cope with climate change in marginal lands in the near future.
Prof. Dr. Khaled Masmoudi
Prof. Dr. Heribert Hirt
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- abiotic stress
- marginal land
- breeding
- genetic resources
- abiotic-stress-responsive genes
- stress tolerance mechanisms
- omics
