About this Research Topic
Flowering is the most important event in most horticultural plants, including flowering time, flower development, and reproduction. The timing of floral induction is controlled by sophisticated regulatory networks and has an important impact on the breeding, qualities, and yields of flowering horticultural plants. During gamete development, abnormal expression of multiple genes may lead to pollen abortion. After flowering, the pollen-stigma communication and pollen-pistil interaction are critical for sexual reproduction. Thus, nuclear and cytoplasmic male sterility, self-compatibility, and incompatibility are employed for breeding new varieties. In brief, the flowering and development mechanisms are very important and extremely complex for horticultural plants. However, current knowledge of the molecular regulatory network for flowering and development is incomplete. Therefore, it’s important to reveal and confirm the functions of key or novel genes involved in flowering and development.
This Research Topic aims to focus on the genetic, molecular, and epigenetic regulation mechanisms of flowering and development in horticultural plants. We hope that contributions will identify and describe functional analysis of key or novel genes regulating self-compatibility, self-incompatibility, male sterility, flowering time, and development.
For this Research Topic, we encourage the submission of high-quality articles that unveil the regulatory mechanisms underlying flowering and development, including self-compatibility, self-incompatibility, male sterility, flowering time, and development in horticultural plants. We welcome original research, reviews, and opinion articles covering, but not limited to:
• Genetic, molecular, epigenetic regulation mechanisms of self-compatibility, self-incompatibility, male sterility, flowering time, and development in horticultural plants
• Trait loci (QTL) mapping and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to understand the genetic basis of flowering and development in horticultural plants
• Discovery of key genes/proteins and their regulatory mechanism related to flowering and development in horticultural plants
• Transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, epigenome, and multi-omics about flowering and development in horticultural plants
• Perspectives, opinions, and reviews in horticultural plant flowering and development
This Research Topic aims to focus on the genetic, molecular, and epigenetic regulation mechanisms of flowering and development in horticultural plants. We hope that contributions will identify and describe functional analysis of key or novel genes regulating self-compatibility, self-incompatibility, male sterility, flowering time, and development.
For this Research Topic, we encourage the submission of high-quality articles that unveil the regulatory mechanisms underlying flowering and development, including self-compatibility, self-incompatibility, male sterility, flowering time, and development in horticultural plants. We welcome original research, reviews, and opinion articles covering, but not limited to:
• Genetic, molecular, epigenetic regulation mechanisms of self-compatibility, self-incompatibility, male sterility, flowering time, and development in horticultural plants
• Trait loci (QTL) mapping and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to understand the genetic basis of flowering and development in horticultural plants
• Discovery of key genes/proteins and their regulatory mechanism related to flowering and development in horticultural plants
• Transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, epigenome, and multi-omics about flowering and development in horticultural plants
• Perspectives, opinions, and reviews in horticultural plant flowering and development
Keywords: Self (in)compatibility, Flowering time and development, Male sterility
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