Crop Breeding for Drought Resistance

Lijun Luo, Hanwei Mei, Hui Xia, Roberto Tuberosa, Henry T. Nguyen, Baorong Lu

Frontiers Media SA

Science Plant Science Plant Breeding

Keywords: Drought-resistance,­crop breeding,­Genome-Wide Association Study,­phenotyping,­omics

Integration of OMICS Data to Understand Plant Metabolism

Carlos Alberto Labate, Diego Mauricio Riaño-Pachón, Glória Catarina Pinto, Paulo Mazzafera, Luis Valledor

Frontiers Media SA

Science Plant Science Plant Systems and Synthetic Biology

Keywords: omnics data integration,­Proteomics,­Metabolomics,­Plant metabolism

Mechanisms of Plant-Aluminum Interactions in Acidic Soils

Jian Li Yang, Wei Fan, Peter Ryan

Frontiers Media SA

Science Plant Science Plant Nutrition

Keywords: acid soils,­Plant-Aluminum Interactions,­Plant Growth,­Aluminum,­Al toxicity,­aluminum tolerance

The Applications of New Multi-Locus GWAS Methodologies in the Genetic Dissection of Complex Traits

Yuan-Ming Zhang, Zhenyu Jia, Jim M Dunwell

Frontiers Media SA

Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) are widely used in the genetic dissection of complex traits....

Science Plant Science Plant Breeding

Keywords: multi-locus genome-wide association study,­mixed linear model,­mrMLM,­FASTmrMLM,­FASTmrEMMA,­ISIS EM-BLASSO,­pLARmEB,­pKWmEB,­complex traits,­omics big dataset

Responses to Climate Change in the Cold Biomes

Hans J. De Boeck, Erika Hiltbrunner, Anke Jentsch, Vigdis Vandvik

Frontiers Media SA

Climate change is thought to be especially relevant to ecosystems in the cold biomes. Observed...

Science Plant Science Functional Plant Ecology

Keywords: Climate Change,­alpine,­Arctic,­invasive species,­Biodiversity,­Climate extreme,­competition,­Range limits,­Antarctic

Novel Insights into Algal Biology and Biotechnology

Yuval Kaye, Yandu Lu, Jianhua Fan, Haojie Jin, Youn-Il Park, Peer Schenk, Jianfeng Niu

Frontiers Media SA

Science Bioengineering and Biotechnology Plant Biotechnology

Rediscovering Local Landraces: Shaping Horticulture for the Future

Spyridon A. Petropoulos, Isabel C. F. R. Ferreira, Lillian Barros

Frontiers Media SA

Local landraces are traditional crop varieties cultivated in specific locations. However, the...

Science Plant Science Crop and Product Physiology

Keywords: Apple germplasm,­Biodiversity,­common bean,­fruit quality,­Genetic resources,­legumes,­lettuce landraces,­Nutritional value,­Shallot,­Tomato landraces

Crop Traits for Defense Against Pests and Disease: Durability, Breakdown and Future Prospects, 2nd Edition

Alison J. Karley, Scott N. Johnson, Rex Brennan, Peter J. Gregory

Frontiers Media SA

With global populations expected to exceed 9.2 billion by 2050 and available land and water...

Science Plant Science Plant Breeding

Keywords: biological control,­crop protection,­global climate change,­Insect herbivore,­Integrated Pest Management,­pathogen

Plant-Microbe-Insect Interactions in Ecosystem Management and Agricultural Praxis

Gero Benckiser, Krishnamurthy Kumar, Anton Hartmann, Bernd Honermeier

Frontiers Media SA

Nature’s high biomass productivity is based on biological N2 fixation (BNF) and biodiversity...

Science Microbiology Plant Microbe Interactions

Keywords: biological networks,­Species identification,­Metabolic reactions,­transmission,­Mutualistic symbiosis,­Systemic resistance,­agricultural management