Genetic Breeding of Pepper
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2023) | Viewed by 242
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pepper; genetics, breeding; resistance; quality; genome; MAS;QTL; solanaceae
Interests: genomics; genetic breeding; evolution; domestication; polyploidization; gene regulation; germplasm; vegetable; Solanaceae; Brassicaceae; pepper; cabbage
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Dear Colleagues,
Pepper (Capsicum spp.) is a worldwide vegetable crop of both economic and nutritional significance. The cultivation area of pepper extends 4.48 million ha, with a global annual yield of 58.19 million tons (http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data). Pepper is distinct in that it creates sensation of heat when consumed, granting it a particular food niche among all vegetables. Approximately 35 Capsicum species have been identified until now, including five domesticated species. Archeological evidence indicates that peppers were domesticated in the Americas as early as 9,000 years ago. Nevertheless, the large morphological variations in the fruit size and shape of pepper, as well as the different levels of pungency in its germplasm, offer an excellent opportunity to explore the evolution and genetics of pepper. With the developments made in the pepper genome, the most important issues related to promoting the biological study and breeding of this important crop are highly relevant topics to explore; this includes the exploration of the genetic basis that underlies pepper’s traits of agronomical significance, and the function dissection of key genes.
To this end, this Special Issue invites research articles, reviews, and short communications that include, but are not limited to, the following: genetics analysis and improvements in breeding the important traits of pepper (Capsicum spp.), molecular function dissection, gene regulation mechanisms, gene family evolution, expression regulation networks, and other studies of pepper with high-throughput data.
Prof. Dr. Lihao Wang
Prof. Dr. Feng Cheng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pepper
- Capsicum
- QTL
- genetics
- variome
- regulatory
- network
- sequencing
- function
- co-expression
- transcriptomics
- resistance
- bioinformatics
