About this Research Topic
With the development of society, technology, and global climate change, crop breeding and production have faced new challenges and necessary changes. In response, there has been a noted shift toward emphasizing green and efficient traits, blending the need for environmental protection with the pursuit of optimal yields. Green and efficient traits encompass characteristics in crops that promote cereal production, processing, environmental conservation, and human health. For example, traits such as nitrogen-use efficiency reduce fertilizer usage, a high outcrossing rate lowers seed production costs for hybrid varieties, high grain quality minimizes losses during processing, and low cadmium absorption in crops mitigates health risks from human consumption. These traits increase crop production and processing efficiency and contribute significantly to resource conservation, environmental protection, and human health.
Cereal crops, as crucial global food staples, not only provide humans with substantial dietary energy and protein but are also key to resilient agriculture and the production of biofuels and bioplastics. Therefore, advances in green and efficient traits in cereal crops directly impact food security, environmental protection, and sustainable agricultural practices, making them a priority for genetic breeding advances. The primary objective of this topic is to dissect the genetic basis and molecular mechanisms of green and efficient traits in cereal crops, effectively apply them to the genetic improvement of cereal crops and guide the breeding of green and efficient cereal varieties. These advancements are anticipated to improve crop yields and quality, reduce labor and resource consumption, comprehensively improve healthy living standards of the society, and expedite the achievement of crop production goals of "less pesticides, less chemical fertilizers, water-saving and drought-resistant, high-quality and high-yield".
This research topic focuses on the genetic basis, molecular mechanisms, and breeding application of green and efficient traits in cereal crops. We welcome submissions of original research and review articles on the following subthemes but not limited to:
(1) Gene dissection and gene cloning of green and efficient traits through linkage analysis, genome-wide association study, or Mutation Mapping approaches.
(2) Functional analysis of genes involved in signaling pathways that strengthen green and efficient traits.
(3) Elucidating the molecular and regulatory mechanism of green and efficient traits through genetic, genomic, transcriptomics, and epigenomics approaches.
(4) Development and use of molecular markers for green and efficient traits.
(5) Breeding research on green and efficient traits, including molecular marker-assisted breeding method, genome editing strategy, and so on.
Cereal crops, as crucial global food staples, not only provide humans with substantial dietary energy and protein but are also key to resilient agriculture and the production of biofuels and bioplastics. Therefore, advances in green and efficient traits in cereal crops directly impact food security, environmental protection, and sustainable agricultural practices, making them a priority for genetic breeding advances. The primary objective of this topic is to dissect the genetic basis and molecular mechanisms of green and efficient traits in cereal crops, effectively apply them to the genetic improvement of cereal crops and guide the breeding of green and efficient cereal varieties. These advancements are anticipated to improve crop yields and quality, reduce labor and resource consumption, comprehensively improve healthy living standards of the society, and expedite the achievement of crop production goals of "less pesticides, less chemical fertilizers, water-saving and drought-resistant, high-quality and high-yield".
This research topic focuses on the genetic basis, molecular mechanisms, and breeding application of green and efficient traits in cereal crops. We welcome submissions of original research and review articles on the following subthemes but not limited to:
(1) Gene dissection and gene cloning of green and efficient traits through linkage analysis, genome-wide association study, or Mutation Mapping approaches.
(2) Functional analysis of genes involved in signaling pathways that strengthen green and efficient traits.
(3) Elucidating the molecular and regulatory mechanism of green and efficient traits through genetic, genomic, transcriptomics, and epigenomics approaches.
(4) Development and use of molecular markers for green and efficient traits.
(5) Breeding research on green and efficient traits, including molecular marker-assisted breeding method, genome editing strategy, and so on.
Keywords: green and efficient traits, genetic basis, molecular mechanism, crop breeding, cereal crop
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