Revolutionizing Ornamental Plants with Gene Editing and Biotechnology
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 951
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ornamental plants; bioinformatics; biotechnology; gene editing
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: plant molecular biology; protein modification mechanism of plant abiotic stress tolerance; forage and turfgrass breeding
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the rapid development of biotechnology, gene editing has become more widely used as a powerful tool to regulate plant traits directionally and efficiently. However, compared with crops, vegetables and fruits, the research and application of gene editing in ornamental plants is still in its infancy.
Due to ornamental plants usually having large genomic sizes and/or high heterozygosity, the application of gene editing in ornamental plants is more difficult than in other crops. There is a need to develop novel strategies or tools applicable to ornamental plants.
For this Special Issue, any original research articles, reviews, or perspective articles containing content relevant to gene editing in ornamental plants are welcome for submission. The topics include but are not limited to studies of gene editing applications in ornamental plants, modifying flower type, flower color, plant architecture, vase life, biotic/abiotic tolerance, and other traits, and gene editing tool developments.
Dr. Aiping Song
Dr. Yu Chen
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
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. International Journal of Molecular Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. There is an Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal. For details about the APC please see here. Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- gene editing
- ornamental plants
- Cas9/Cas12a
- CRISPR/CRISPRa/CRISPRi
- prime editing
- toolbox development/application
