Abstract
Editorial: Recent Advances of Epigenetics in Crop Biotechnology.
Highlights
Ever since the first Agricultural Revolution, humans have domesticated hundreds of plant species and it is considered that the evolution of crop plants took place as human behavioral ecology changed from food gathering to farming
It is important to study and examine the mechanisms that plants have evolved to adapt to diverse environments, and in particular how crop species deal with different types of biotic and abiotic stress
This research Topic includes an excellent combination of Mini Reviews, Reviews, Original Research Articles, and Methods focused on the role of epigenetics in crop biotechnology, and provides up-to-date information on epigenetics in crop plants during in vitro culture, abiotic and biotic stresses, and gene silencing
Summary
Ever since the first Agricultural Revolution, humans have domesticated hundreds of plant species and it is considered that the evolution of crop plants took place as human behavioral ecology changed from food gathering to farming. It is essential to understand how the epigenetic component regulates plant gene expression and the plant phenotype, and we must focus on how the epigenome works as a powerful source of diversity for important agronomical traits and on how its exploitation, in crop improvement programs, would be of benefit to our modern society.
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