Special issue on Advances in sustainable agriculture
Published 01 November, 2023
Introduction:
With the rapid increase in global population, enhancing crop yield has become an urgent necessity to ensure global food security. Crop yield is a quantitative trait that is influenced by climate change and fertilizer depletion, as well as biotic and abiotic stresses, particularly during the reproductive and grain-filling stages. To ensure consistent crop yield in challenging environments, it is critical to identify key genes and molecular mechanisms associated with agronomically important traits in cereal crops.
The objective of this Research Topic is to further investigate the genetic aspects and elucidate the molecular mechanisms related to vital agronomical traits in cereal crops, including crop yield, grain quality, nutrient-use efficiency, and physiological responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. In particular, considerable progress and intriguing discoveries have been made in manipulating genes to enhance grain yield, which will be beneficial for developing new high-yielding varieties.
Topics covered:
We welcome the submission of research articles and reviews on, but not limited to, the following subthemes:
- Characterization of novel genes or QTLs underlying traits related to crop yield, grain quality, or nutrient-use efficiency.
- Investigation of gene regulatory mechanisms of morphological or physiological changes towards higher crop yield, improved grain quality, or enhanced nutrient-use efficiency.
- Study of physiological responses to biotic and abiotic stresses.
- Applications of basic research to improve crop yield, grain quality, or nutrient-use efficiency.
- Collection, identification, and innovative utilization of excellent germplasm resources.
Important dates:
- Submissions close: December 31, 2024
- Expected time to first decision: Four weeks after submission
Submission instructions:
Please read the Guide for Authors before submitting your manuscript (www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/new-crops/guide-for-authors/).
All articles and reviews should be submitted online (www.editorialmanager.com/ncrops/). During the submission process, please be sure to select the special issue “Advances in sustainable agriculture”. If your manuscript is accepted, the article will be published in an open-access format, and no publication fee will be required from the author.
Guest Editors:
Dr. Xiangdong Fu
E-mail: xdfu@genetics.ac.cn
Professor, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Director, the Center for Molecular Agricultural Biology. The second prize winner of the 2020 National Natural Science Award.
Research Interest
Research on the molecular mechanism of plant hormones and environmental factors interacting to regulate plant growth-metabolism coupling, analyzing the molecular regulatory network of complex traits such as high yield, high quality, and high efficiency.
Dr. Shan Li
E-mail: shanli@njau.edu.cn
Professor, Nanjing Agricultural University, China. Winner, the National Science Fund for Outstanding Youth Scholars.
Research Interest
Research on the molecular mechanism of interaction of different plant hormones to regulate important agronomic traits, plant hormones regulating environmental adaptability in rice, and nutrient elements (such as nitrogen, phosphorus, etc.) affecting auxin pathway and homeostasis in rice.
Dr. Shaokui Wang
E-mail: shaokuiwang@scau.edu.cn
Professor, South China Agricultural University, China. Director, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding. Winner, the National Science Fund for Outstanding Youth Scholars.
Research Interest
Identification, functional research, and design and breeding application of functional genes for important agronomic traits in rice.
Dr. Peng Qin
E-mail: qinpeng@sicau.edu.cn
Professor, Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, China. Winner, the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2023.
Research Interest
Evaluation, innovation, and genetic improvement of rice germplasm resources. High-temperature tolerance gene mining, mechanism analysis, and breeding application.
