Fruit trees are a large group of important economic crops with numerous varieties and are cultivated in a wide geographic range. Fruits and their products serve as an important part of human diet, providing rich nutrition. It has become the focus of horticultural breeding efforts to develop diverse varieties to meet the needs of different uses and populations. However, fruit tree breeding faces many obstacles. Most fruit trees are perennial plants with a long period of vegetative propagation before reaching the reproductive stage. Additionally, their complex genetic background leads to low efficiency of traditional breeding, and it often takes a decade or more to breed a novel variety.
The rapid development of genomics technology has opened up new possibilities for fruit tree breeding. So far, a large number of functional genes, dominant alleles, and genotypes have been found to associate with important economic traits in fruit trees, such as fruit shape, size, flavor, etc. The study of genetic resources will not only help to understand the molecular regulatory mechanisms of economic traits but also provide theoretical guidance and technical support for molecular-assisted breeding of fruit trees.
This Research Topic aims to provide basic rationale and reference materials for further in-depth analysis of the molecular regulatory mechanism and molecular-assisted breeding for important fruit quality traits and stress resistance in fruit tree species and varieties. We welcome research on different fruit tree species, including but not limited to apples, citrus, grapes, peaches, pears, bananas, etc.
In this Research Topic, we encourage submissions of original research articles, reviews and mini-reviews, methods, and opinions, covering but not limited to the following subtopics:
• De novo genome assembly and important trait analysis of high-quality characteristic fruit tree cultivars.
• QTL mapping and GWAS to dissect complex quantitative traits in fruit plants.
• Innovations in QTL mapping or GWAS methods in fruit breeding.
• Exploration of functional genes in fruit plants.
• Marker-assisted selection (MAS) based on QTLs or functional genes in fruit plants.
Fruit trees are a large group of important economic crops with numerous varieties and are cultivated in a wide geographic range. Fruits and their products serve as an important part of human diet, providing rich nutrition. It has become the focus of horticultural breeding efforts to develop diverse varieties to meet the needs of different uses and populations. However, fruit tree breeding faces many obstacles. Most fruit trees are perennial plants with a long period of vegetative propagation before reaching the reproductive stage. Additionally, their complex genetic background leads to low efficiency of traditional breeding, and it often takes a decade or more to breed a novel variety.
The rapid development of genomics technology has opened up new possibilities for fruit tree breeding. So far, a large number of functional genes, dominant alleles, and genotypes have been found to associate with important economic traits in fruit trees, such as fruit shape, size, flavor, etc. The study of genetic resources will not only help to understand the molecular regulatory mechanisms of economic traits but also provide theoretical guidance and technical support for molecular-assisted breeding of fruit trees.
This Research Topic aims to provide basic rationale and reference materials for further in-depth analysis of the molecular regulatory mechanism and molecular-assisted breeding for important fruit quality traits and stress resistance in fruit tree species and varieties. We welcome research on different fruit tree species, including but not limited to apples, citrus, grapes, peaches, pears, bananas, etc.
In this Research Topic, we encourage submissions of original research articles, reviews and mini-reviews, methods, and opinions, covering but not limited to the following subtopics:
• De novo genome assembly and important trait analysis of high-quality characteristic fruit tree cultivars.
• QTL mapping and GWAS to dissect complex quantitative traits in fruit plants.
• Innovations in QTL mapping or GWAS methods in fruit breeding.
• Exploration of functional genes in fruit plants.
• Marker-assisted selection (MAS) based on QTLs or functional genes in fruit plants.
