New Advances in Vegetable Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Genetics, Genomics, Breeding, and Biotechnology (G2B2)".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2022) | Viewed by 2035
Special Issue Editors
Interests: vegetable crops; breeding for resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses; genetics and genomics; extension
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: bioinformatics; genome biology; tomato genetics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Advances in next generation sequencing technologies has facilitated the development of genomic tools for genetic studies in vegetable crops. These tools include reference genomes, transcriptome assemblies, genetic linkage maps, QTL mapping, genome-wide association studies, allele mining, gene expression, and marker–trait associations for marker-assisted selection. Furthermore, genomic selection has gained momentum as a tool for predicting phenotypic performance in plant breeding populations and accelerating the development of new vegetable cultivars. On the other hand, advancement in gene-editing technologies, such as CRISPR-Cas9, has facilitated development of novel genotypes while circumventing challenges in conventional breeding, such as linkage drag. Collectively, application of these tools in vegetable improvement has the potential to increase the rate of genetic gain by shortening of the selection cycle, thus reducing the cost of plant breeding.
In the issue “New Advances in Vegetable Breeding, Genetics and Genomics”, we invite submissions of research articles, reviews, short notes, and opinion articles related to the discovery and application of genomic tools for vegetable crop improvement. This Special Issue will also accept submissions related to advances in high-throughput genotyping system, germplasm characterization, and inheritance studies of economically important traits in vegetable crops.
Dr. Geoffrey Meru
Dr. Tong Geon Lee
Dr. Sandra Branham
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Horticulturae is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- molecular breeding
- marker-assisted selection
- linkage mapping
- QTL mapping
- CRISPR-Cas9
- genomic selection
- genome-wide association studies
- genotyping
- transcriptome analysis
- gene expression
