Genetic and Biochemical Diversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs)
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 948
Special Issue Editors
Interests: medicinal and aromatic plants; insecticide and repellent plants; plant genetic resources conservation; molecular methods in biodiversity analysis
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: spatial genetics; molecular methods in biodiversity analysis; biochemical diversity; influence of ecology on biochemical profiles of plant species
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) have been assigned great value throughout human history due to their use in medicine, gastronomy and various cultural practices, and due to the great level of diversity in both the MAP taxa and the secondary metabolites they produce. The production of most secondary metabolites is the result of a plant’s response to biotic and abiotic stresses in its environment, often leading to the natural evolution of distinct biochemical profiles in parts of the MAP geographical range. In addition to ecological variation, underlying genetic variation is another important determinant of biochemical diversity in plants. With the development of new bioinformatics-based approaches and new sequencing technologies (e.g., next-generation sequencing) in recent years, we are currently witnessing a great increase in the study of genetic diversity, especially in MAPs. Given the global climate changes we are experiencing today, research into the association between the biochemical and genetic variability of MAPs, both natural and cultivated, and their relationship to environmental conditions, is more important than ever before.
This Special Issue welcomes manuscripts that advance knowledge in and the understanding of plant biochemical and/or genetic diversity, particularly in the context of adaptation to environmental change. Topics in this Special Issues may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Variability in the chemical composition of MAPs
- Biochemical diversity of MAPs
- Genetic diversity and structure of MAPs
- Relationship between genotypes and chemotypes of MAPs
- Spatio-ecological factors affecting biochemical and genetic diversity in MAPs.
Dr. Martina Grdiša
Dr. Filip Varga
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPS)
- secondary metabolites
- biochemical diversity
- chemotypes
- genetic diversity and structure
- population genetics
- spatial genetics
- association mapping
- ecological factors affecting chemical and/or genetic diversity
