Zeitschrift für Pflanzengenetik und Züchtung

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Editorial on Plant Science Recent Innovations

Abdul Mujib

Current projections indicate that the world population will increase from 6.9 to 9.7 billion by 2050. Increases in the world population and living standards result in increased food demand. Under the situation of climate change and limited resources for agriculture, maintaining crop yields is becoming a challenge. Site-specific information of plant features/traits and stress is required for informed management of agricultural resources (e.g. water and nitrogen) whilst maintaining or increasing yield. The timely and precise estimation of plant traits and stress can help us to achieve these goals.

Plant trait and stress information can be detected by measurements in situ (e.g. soil moisture, leaf chlorophyll content, and stomatal conductance). However, point measurements in situ are generally expensive, time-consuming, and not suitable for large fields with heterogeneous conditions. The emerging unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing technology provides a non-contact way to monitor plants with high temporal-spatial resolution. Therefore, the use of UAV remote sensing together with big data analytics, image processing, and data modeling technologies can facilitate mapping and monitoring plant growth and development across seasons at both high spatial and temporal resolutions not previously accessible.

The team at the Journal of Plant Genetics and Breeding provides the authors with a rapid and extremely streamlined editorial process. The Journal provides an encouraging platform for scholars and researchers to share their significant contributions in this field. Submit manuscript at https://www.scholarscentral.org/submission/plant-genetics-breeding.html  or send as an e-mail attachment to the Editorial Office: plantgenetics@scienceresearchpub.org