Wheat Breeding: From Genetic Diversity to End-Use Quality
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetic Resources".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 5253
Special Issue Editor
Interests: wheat breeding; genetic diversity; wheat quality improvement; wheat yield; genomic selection; genetic marker; wheat end-use quality
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wheat is one of the most widely consumed cereals in the world and can be processed into various wheat-based products. Genetic diversity is essential for wheat improvement as wheat breeding programs rely on genetic diversity to create populations with high variability from which to select new wheat varieties. However, loss of wheat genetic diversity due to modern plant breeding is an enduring global concern
The main goals of wheat breeding programs are to increase grain yield, to enhance tolerance to biotic and abiotic stress, and to improve end-use quality. Phenotyping for end-use quality traits is time consuming and expensive and requires large amount of grain only obtainable late in the breeding cycle. Therefore, application of genomic tools holds great potential for accelerating wheat breeding for grain yield, stress resilience and end-use quality, by reducing breeding cycle time and enabling selection on much larger number of breeding lines.
This Special Issue of Plants is open to all contributions covering but not limited to 1) genetic diversity for wheat improvement, 2) wheat breeding for grain yield, resistance and end-use quality, 3) application of new breeding technologies and strategies to wheat improvement, and 4) identification, development, and utilization of new genetic markers. Original research articles and reviews are welcome.
Dr. Fengyun Ma
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- wheat
- genetic diversity
- end-use quality
- grain yield
- biotic and abiotic stress
- genomic selection
- marker-assisted selection
- genetic marker
- wheat storage proteins
- breeding
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