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As one of the primary staple crops, wheat feeds around 35% of the world’s population, playing a crucial role in ensuring global food security. Wheat production faces numerous threats, among which pests and diseases cause an estimated 10%-16% loss of global wheat yield. Fortunately, some wheat and its related species carry genes that allow for resistance to one or more diseases during the growing period. How to identify, locate and clone these resistance genes is one of the important keys to rapid and effective wheat breeding for disease-resistant varieties. The utilization of excellent germplasm resources and the cultivation of new varieties cannot be separated from the development of key technologies. Recent innovations in genomic tools have made it possible to edit the susceptible genes in crops, opening up new opportunities in molecular breeding for disease-resistant varieties. Meanwhile, further development of crop variety identification and screening systems to achieve disease-resistant variety isolation and evaluation in a high-precision, high-sensitivity, and high-throughput manner can provide effective technical support for accelerating disease-resistant wheat breeding.
The Editorial Office of Frontiers in Plant Science would like to thank all the Chief Editors, Associate Editors and Review Editors that played an integral part in Frontiers’ innovative Collaborative Peer-Review process in 2020. In particular, we would like to recognize and thank Prof. Joshua L. Heazlewood – our now former Field Chief Editor, for his commitment, support and enthusiasm for the Plant Science field. Josh’s dedication and leadership has helped Frontiers in Plant Science become the most cited journal in the field with a strong editorial community. Looking forward, we’re excited to welcome Prof. Yunde Zhao, as our new Field Chief Editor in 2021. Having been with Frontiers in Plant Science since 2017, Yunde has contributed extensively to the development of the journal and will continue to ensure the journal goes from strength to strength.
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