Analysis of Genes Related to Crop Yield and Nutrient Use Efficiency
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2023) | Viewed by 3799
Special Issue Editors
Interests: rice; genetics; molecular breeding; yield; nitrogen use efficiency; heterosis; grain quality
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Interests: maize; genetics; yield; stress resistance; molecular breeding
Interests: mineral nutrients; genetics; gene cloning; molecular breeding
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Crop yield is important for global food sustainability and security. However, the excessive use of fertilizers is a major environmental concern causing water eutrophication and toxic algae blooms. Therefore, nutrient use efficiency (NUE) improvement of nutrient elements is essential to ensure sustainable yield in crop. To date, series of genes encoding sensors, transcription factors, transporters, and metabolic enzymes have been cloned for nutrient utilization and yield. The aim of our Special Issue ‘Analysis of Genes Related to Crop Yield and Nutrient Use Efficiency’ is to promote understanding of molecular mechanisms underlie nutrient absorption, transport and assimilation in crop, and also offer modification targets for improving NUE and crop yield.
This Special Issue will include articles (original research papers, reviews, communications) mainly focused on the following subjects:
- Isolation and identification of genes from crops associated with yield and NUE, and the evaluation of their roles in small-scale systems and in the field;
- Dissection of genetic mechanisms for nutrient absorption, transport and assimilation in crops by genetics, omics or informatics strategy;
- Development of high-yield and high-NUE crop varieties by molecular breeding.
Prof. Dr. Zhenyu Gao
Prof. Dr. Peijin Li
Dr. Jingguang Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- genes
- crop
- yield
- nutrient use efficiency
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