Editorial: Genetic characterization of yield- and quality-related traits in legumes

Zhengjun Xia; Qijian Song; Kyuya Harada; Jianghua Chen; Chuanen Zhou

doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1281138

Editorial: Genetic characterization of yield- and quality-related traits in legumes

Front Plant Sci. 2023 Oct 17:14:1281138. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1281138. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Zhengjun Xia¹, Qijian Song², Kyuya Harada³, Jianghua Chen⁴, Chuanen Zhou⁵

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, China.
² United States Department of Agriculture- Agriculture Research Service (USDA ARS), Soybean Genome & Improvement Lab, Beltsville, MD, United States.
³ Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
⁴ CAS Key Laboratory of Topical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
⁵ The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.

No abstract available

Keywords: Medicago; functional characterization; gene cloning; legume; plant architecture; quality; soybean; yield.

Publication types

Editorial

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Intergovernmental International Science, Technology, and Innovation Cooperation Key Project (Project No. 2022YFE0130300) of the National Key R&D Program (NKP).