About this Research Topic
As one of the primary staple crops, wheat feeds around 35% of the world’s population, playing a crucial role in ensuring global food security. Wheat production faces numerous threats, among which pests and diseases cause an estimated 10%-16% loss of global wheat yield. Fortunately, some wheat and its related species carry genes that allow for resistance to one or more diseases during the growing period. How to identify, locate and clone these resistance genes is one of the important keys to rapid and effective wheat breeding for disease-resistant varieties.
The utilization of excellent germplasm resources and the cultivation of new varieties cannot be separated from the development of key technologies. Recent innovations in genomic tools have made it possible to edit the susceptible genes in crops, opening up new opportunities in molecular breeding for disease-resistant varieties. Meanwhile, further development of crop variety identification and screening systems to achieve disease-resistant variety isolation and evaluation in a high-precision, high-sensitivity, and high-throughput manner can provide effective technical support for accelerating disease-resistant wheat breeding.
This research topic aims to collect the latest advances in wheat breeding for disease resistance, particularly in the characterization of disease-resistant wheat germplasm by multi-technical means. We welcome studies to explore 1) the accurate and efficient identification of disease-resistance wheat phenotypes; 2) the precise identification of resistance and susceptible genes from various germplasm. We also encourage innovative integration of gene editing, molecular markers, whole genome selection, and other technologies to aggregate disease resistance genes and other important functional genes in developing new wheat varieties.
All article types published by Frontiers in Plant Science are acceptable for this research topic. The following subthemes are covered but are not limited to:
• Development and innovative application of efficient and accurate identification technology for wheat diseases
• Identification, mapping, and utilization of resistance and susceptible genes in wheat
• The achievement of wheat disease resistance using gene editing, haploid, multi-omics, etc.
The utilization of excellent germplasm resources and the cultivation of new varieties cannot be separated from the development of key technologies. Recent innovations in genomic tools have made it possible to edit the susceptible genes in crops, opening up new opportunities in molecular breeding for disease-resistant varieties. Meanwhile, further development of crop variety identification and screening systems to achieve disease-resistant variety isolation and evaluation in a high-precision, high-sensitivity, and high-throughput manner can provide effective technical support for accelerating disease-resistant wheat breeding.
This research topic aims to collect the latest advances in wheat breeding for disease resistance, particularly in the characterization of disease-resistant wheat germplasm by multi-technical means. We welcome studies to explore 1) the accurate and efficient identification of disease-resistance wheat phenotypes; 2) the precise identification of resistance and susceptible genes from various germplasm. We also encourage innovative integration of gene editing, molecular markers, whole genome selection, and other technologies to aggregate disease resistance genes and other important functional genes in developing new wheat varieties.
All article types published by Frontiers in Plant Science are acceptable for this research topic. The following subthemes are covered but are not limited to:
• Development and innovative application of efficient and accurate identification technology for wheat diseases
• Identification, mapping, and utilization of resistance and susceptible genes in wheat
• The achievement of wheat disease resistance using gene editing, haploid, multi-omics, etc.
Keywords: wheat, disease resistance, resistance genes, susceptible genes, molecular breeding
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