Genetic and Metabolic Analysis to Improve Fruit Quality
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 1864
Special Issue Editor
Interests: development and application of physiological, biochemical and molecular techniques for the selection and characterization of fruit trees well-adapted to Mediterranean conditions and genotyping traditional genetic resources of the genus Prunus and Malus; identification of genomic regions related to fruit quality traits and rootstocks influence; scion–rootstock graft compatibility; genetic analysis and genome-wide association; conservation of genetic resources from the Rosaceae family; breeding of fruit trees with good organoleptic properties and rich in phytochemicals compounds with roles in human nutrition and health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue explores the field of plant genetics and metabolic analysis to improve fruit quality and understand how these factors affect fruit phenotype, metabolism, flavor and postharvest performance. Research is interested in different aspects of genomics and the biochemical characterization of genetic diversity that will help to elucidate the genetics of important fruit quality traits. It aims to apply this information to develop tools, as high-quality markers for marker-assisted selection and transcriptomic and metabolic analysis (including metabolomics), to improve fruit breeding efficiency, also allowing technological advances in fruit trait determination. The development and optimization of methodologies for the quantification of phytochemical, antioxidant and biologically active compounds of fruits and research of the effect of those compounds in biological systems will also be considered. Metabolic pathways of fruit volatiles and regulation of flavor quality, as well as the metabolic diversity of plant fruits and their usage as phytochemical resources with roles in human nutrition and health, will be taken into account.
Dr. María-Ángeles Moreno
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antioxidants
- chromatography
- genomics
- plant breeding
- phenolics
- secondary metabolites
- phytochemistry
- metabolomics
- metabolic pathways
