In the field of agricultural science, understanding how plant growth and development respond to environmental changes is crucial. Although advanced agricultural technologies have notably boosted crop yields, there has been a growing focus on crop quality, pivotal for human health due to its provision of proteins, vitamins, minerals, and bioactive compounds. The quality of crops can fluctuate significantly under various external stresses, presenting challenges that affect both yield and nutritional value. Recent studies have begun to uncover the complex genetic interactions that determine crop quality and resilience to stress, yet much remains unknown about the underlying molecular mechanisms.
This Research Topic aims to elucidate the genetic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic underpinnings of quality traits in crops, focusing particularly on the genes that regulate these traits under stress conditions. The objective is to uncover how these genetic factors contribute to stress tolerance and improved crop quality, potentially leading to the development of crops that can maintain high quality under adverse conditions through genetic engineering or accelerated breeding.
To gather further insights within this field, we welcome submissions on a broad range of related themes:
• Genetic bases for stress adaptation and quality traits in horticultural, oilseed, and food crops through QTL mapping, GWAS, and other genotyping techniques.
• Omics-based strategies to identify and characterize candidate genes influencing crop quality and stress responses.
• Molecular pathways that regulate quality and stress adaptation traits in crops.
• Functional analysis of candidate genes responsible for crop quality under stress conditions.
In the field of agricultural science, understanding how plant growth and development respond to environmental changes is crucial. Although advanced agricultural technologies have notably boosted crop yields, there has been a growing focus on crop quality, pivotal for human health due to its provision of proteins, vitamins, minerals, and bioactive compounds. The quality of crops can fluctuate significantly under various external stresses, presenting challenges that affect both yield and nutritional value. Recent studies have begun to uncover the complex genetic interactions that determine crop quality and resilience to stress, yet much remains unknown about the underlying molecular mechanisms.
This Research Topic aims to elucidate the genetic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic underpinnings of quality traits in crops, focusing particularly on the genes that regulate these traits under stress conditions. The objective is to uncover how these genetic factors contribute to stress tolerance and improved crop quality, potentially leading to the development of crops that can maintain high quality under adverse conditions through genetic engineering or accelerated breeding.
To gather further insights within this field, we welcome submissions on a broad range of related themes:
• Genetic bases for stress adaptation and quality traits in horticultural, oilseed, and food crops through QTL mapping, GWAS, and other genotyping techniques.
• Omics-based strategies to identify and characterize candidate genes influencing crop quality and stress responses.
• Molecular pathways that regulate quality and stress adaptation traits in crops.
• Functional analysis of candidate genes responsible for crop quality under stress conditions.