Genetics and Breeding for Plant Disease Resistance
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 2511
Special Issue Editor
Interests: breeding and development of tomato lines and varieties with broad adaptation, resistance to major diseases, high yield and fruit quality for fresh market by using conventional and molecular approaches; Investigation of genetic control and inheritance of important traits to facilitate the selection process
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Resistance breeding has been an important aspect of crop improvement since the beginning of breeding efforts in plants. Developing disease-resistant varieties is one of the breeding objectives of almost all breeding programs throughout the world. It is because it has a direct implication in growers’ economy, and it impacts the environment by growing resistant crop varieties and reducing the use of pesticides. Plant breeders used to make use of genetic resources by conventional methods in the past. With the availability of whole-genome sequences of several economically important crops, it is possible to find the information of gene(s) and quantitative trait loci (QTL) conferring disease resistance more precisely. With the advent of new tools such as genome editing, these genes can be manipulated even more easily than before. For minor genes, genomic selection can be employed to increase the genetic gain. These aspects need to be investigated in detail in various crop plants including cereals and vegetables. This special issue of Plants is being published to cover those stories from various researches throughout the world.
Dr. Dilip Panthee
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- genetic transformation
- genetics
- genome editing
- genomic selection
- genomics
- GWAS
- phenomics
- plant breeding
- QTL mapping
- resistance breeding
