The daunting task of feeding an ever-growing population is an immense challenge for the
contemporary scientific community, especially in view of the rapidly changing climate …

Recently, the use of programmable DNA-binding proteins such as ZFP/ZFNs, TALE/TALENs
and CRISPR/Cas has produced unprecedented advances in gene targeting and genome …

The recent development of tools for precise editing of user-specified sequences is rapidly
changing the landscape for plant genetics and biotechnology. It is now possible to target …

Targeted genome engineering (also known as genome editing) has emerged as an
alternative to classical plant breeding and transgenic (GMO) methods to improve crop …

Crop production worldwide is under pressure from multiple factors, including reductions in
available arable land and sources of water, along with the emergence of new pathogens …

The crop productivity is seriously threatened by phyto-pathogens like virus, bacteria and
fungi, causing more than 30–40% of crop loss globally. Developing disease resistant crop …

Common wheat is a major source of nutrition around the globe, but unlike maize and rice
hybrids, no breakthrough has been made to enhance wheat yield since Green Revolution …

Recent advances in CRISPR/Cas genome editing enable efficient targeted modification of
most crop plants, thus promising to accelerate crop improvement (Gao 2018). There are …

Cereal crops including maize, rice, wheat, sorghum, barley, millet, oats and rye are the
major calorie sources in our daily life and also important bioenergy sources of the world. The …

The revolutionary technology of CRISPR/Cas systems and their extraordinary potential to
address fundamental questions in every field of biological sciences has led to their …