Advances made in genome sequencing projects and structural genomics are generating
large repertoire of candidate genes in plants associated with specific agronomic traits. Rapid …

Wheat is a human food crop of high economic value and future improvements in wheat
breeding require in depth knowledge of gene functions. The hexaploid genome, large …

The cereal crops are essential components to the human and animal food supply. Solutions
to many of the problems challenging cereal production will require identification of genes …

Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a useful functional genomics tool for rapidly creating
plant gene knockout phenotypes that can be used to infer gene function. Until recently, VIGS …

Bread wheat is a staple crop for human consumption. Recent technological advances have
not only helped in availability of a high quality and annotated reference genome of wheat …

The rapid progress in genome sequencing and transcriptome analysis in model and crop
plants has made possible the identification of a vast number of genes potentially associated …

Abstract Virus-Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) creates a natural antiviral defense in plants.
However, it has been also a powerful tool for endogenous gene silencing in dicot and …

Wheat is one of the major sources of protein worldwide. Its hexaploidy significantly
complicates the identification of genes that may be crucial for improving wheat production to …

Gene silencing is a widely used approach for studying the plant gene function. Further, the
methods based on gene silencing are also used for plant genetic engineering to produce …

Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is an efficient tool for gene function studies. It has been
used to perform both forward and reverse genetics to identify plant genes involved in several …