Guest Editors
Dr. Valentina Spanic
Email: valentina.spanic@poljinos.hr
Affiliation: Department of Small Cereal Crops Breeding and Genetics, Agricultural Institute Osijek, Osijek, 31000, Croatia
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Research Interests: wheat, biotic and abiotic stress, physiology, genetics, breeding
Summary
Rapid advances in plant science, genomics, and biotechnology have transformed opportunities for improving seed yield and quality—key factors for global food security, sustainable agriculture, and climate resilience. High-yielding and high-quality seeds are central to enhancing crop productivity, nutritional value, and adaptability to diverse environments. As agricultural systems face increasing biotic and abiotic pressures, research integrating physiology, genetics, molecular biology, and advanced breeding technologies has become more crucial than ever.
This Special Issue, "Advances in the Breeding of High-Yielding and High-Quality Seeds," aims to provide a platform for innovative studies that deepen our understanding of seed development, vigor, and quality formation. In line with the scope of Phyton, we welcome contributions addressing fundamental mechanisms, applied breeding strategies, and interdisciplinary approaches that support sustainable plant improvement.
Suggested themes include, but are not limited to:
• Integrated breeding to improve yield, nutrition, and climate adaptability
• Epigenetics, seed vigor, and storage performance across environments
• Germplasm resource mining and allele discovery for key traits
• Genomic selection, rapid breeding, and accelerated double haploidization
• Molecular analysis of seed size, grain filling, and protein/oil/starch biosynthesis
• Transformation research from model species to major crops (maize, rice, wheat, soybean, rapeseed), horticultural, and medicinal plants
• Physiological and metabolomic bases of high-yield formation under optimal or stress conditions
Keywords
high-yield breeding, seed quality improvement, germplasm resources, molecular breeding, seed vigor and storage, epigenetics, grain filling and seed size, metabolomics, stress adaptation, protein/oil/starch biosynthesis, double haploid breeding, crop transformation, climate-resilient crops
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