Guest Editors
Prof. Dr. Emilio Cervantes
Email: emilio.cervantes@irnasa.csic.es
Affiliation: Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Salamanca, 37008, Spain
Homepage:
Research Interests: seeds, seed science, seed biology, seed morphology, seed germination, model plants, ethylene, evolution
Summary
Grape (Vitis vinifera L.) and kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis Planch.) are fruit crops widely cultivated, highly appreciated, and with a promising future. Both species are woody climbers, with intermediate sized diploid genomes of 450 and 700 Megabases, respectively, in 38 chromosomes for V. vinifera and typically 58 chromosomes for A. chinensis, although A. chinensis var. deliciosa (A.Chev.) A.Chev., the common green-flesh variety, is hexaploid.
Recent advances in genetics and molecular biology, including gene editing and haplotype sequencing, genomic analysis, transformation, and breeding, have resulted in rapid advances in both species, for the improvement of traits like disease resistance, fruit quality, and adaptability. This guarantees the interest of a special issue that may cover aspects of interest in the research on these species.
The aim of this special issue will be to bring about an updated view of research on current applied aspects of the research in Grape and Kiwifruit.
Suggested contributions may focus on these or related subjects:
· Sequencing projects and sequence analysis on high-quality reference genomes (e.g., Shiraz, Malbec) and T2T assemblies, pangenomes identifying structural variants, and long-read sequencing;
· Molecular pathways, gene editing, and plant transformation;
· Epigenomic innovations;
· Soil management and organic fertilization;
· Nutritional properties;
· Original approaches in morphological analysis.
Keywords
grape genomics, kiwifruit genetics, gene editing, genome sequencing, epigenomics, plant transformation, soil management and fertilization,fruit quality and nutritional properties
Login
Register
Submit a Paper
Propose a Special lssue