Fruits play a crucial role in a healthy diet and human well-being by providing essential vitamins and minerals. However, the rapid expansion of the fruit industry, coupled with changing climate conditions, poses significant challenges to fruit tree cultivation. These challenges include various biotic stresses such as pests and diseases (bacterial, fungal, and viral) and abiotic stresses like drought and salinity. Developing resilient fruit tree varieties through rigorous screening and breeding processes is essential, yet complicated by lengthy breeding cycles, high costs, and inefficiencies in hybridization.Recent advancements in multi-omics and molecular breeding technologies offer promising new avenues for fruit tree breeding. These technologies facilitate the exploration of physiological and biochemical processes and enable the identification of genes linked to economically important traits and resistance mechanisms.This research topic aims to evaluate the quality, resistance, and other vital characteristics of fruit trees to identify superior breeding materials. The primary objective is to uncover the formation and molecular mechanisms underlying critical traits in response to biotic and abiotic stresses. By achieving these goals, this research topic will provide valuable resources and guidelines for breeding high-quality, resilient fruit tree varieties. Contributions are encouraged across various fruit tree species, including citrus, grapes, peaches, kiwifruit, pears, apples, and others.In this research topic, we encourage the submission of original research articles and reviews, including but not limited to the following subtopics:• Physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses of fruit trees to biotic and abiotic stress.• Multi-omics approaches for deciphering plant-pathogen interactions and stress responses.• Achievements of tools, technologies, and resources for environmental adaptation in fruit tree breeding, including gene editing.• Effects of nutrition deficiency stress on fruit tree development and quality.• New insights into the influence of light on fruit development.
Fruits play a crucial role in a healthy diet and human well-being by providing essential vitamins and minerals. However, the rapid expansion of the fruit industry, coupled with changing climate conditions, poses significant challenges to fruit tree cultivation. These challenges include various biotic stresses such as pests and diseases (bacterial, fungal, and viral) and abiotic stresses like drought and salinity. Developing resilient fruit tree varieties through rigorous screening and breeding processes is essential, yet complicated by lengthy breeding cycles, high costs, and inefficiencies in hybridization.Recent advancements in multi-omics and molecular breeding technologies offer promising new avenues for fruit tree breeding. These technologies facilitate the exploration of physiological and biochemical processes and enable the identification of genes linked to economically important traits and resistance mechanisms.This research topic aims to evaluate the quality, resistance, and other vital characteristics of fruit trees to identify superior breeding materials. The primary objective is to uncover the formation and molecular mechanisms underlying critical traits in response to biotic and abiotic stresses. By achieving these goals, this research topic will provide valuable resources and guidelines for breeding high-quality, resilient fruit tree varieties. Contributions are encouraged across various fruit tree species, including citrus, grapes, peaches, kiwifruit, pears, apples, and others.In this research topic, we encourage the submission of original research articles and reviews, including but not limited to the following subtopics:• Physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses of fruit trees to biotic and abiotic stress.• Multi-omics approaches for deciphering plant-pathogen interactions and stress responses.• Achievements of tools, technologies, and resources for environmental adaptation in fruit tree breeding, including gene editing.• Effects of nutrition deficiency stress on fruit tree development and quality.• New insights into the influence of light on fruit development.