Special Issue: Plant Quantitative Genetics: from Theory into Practice Quantitative genetics underpins plant breeding and understanding of trait variation. The increasing availability of high densities of genetic markers, genome sequences and advanced germplasm resources in most plant species, including major crops, presents many new opportunities for accelerated breeding. This special issue brings together a collection of papers looking at opportunities and applications of quantitative genetics in a range of plant species.

Guest editors:Alison R. Bentley, The John Bingham Laboratory, NIAB and Lindsey J. Compton, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham

Cover imageVibrant red flowers of Pitcairnia flammea', copyright [Fábio Pinheiro, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil], used with kind permission [Fábio Pinheiro, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil].

(Cover image)'The monkey flower (Mimulus guttatus) on the Californian coast – new analyses reveal that extensive dispersal shapes genome-wide diversity at a range of spatial scales', copyright [Alex Twyford], used with kind permission [Alex Twyford].

‘Red-tailed black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii macrorhynchus) having an afternoon drink', copyright Patrick Tomkins, Pat Tomkins Wildlife, used with kind permission Patrick Tomkins, Pat Tomkins Wildlife

‘The former reigning alpha male at Copenhagen Zoo, Carl 1987-2020’, copyright by Frank Rønsholt, Copenhagen Zoo, used with kind permission from Frank Rønsholt, Copenhagen Zoo.