The world has undergone a remarkable transformation from the era of famines to an age of
global food production that caters to an exponentially growing population. This …

Advances in molecular technologies over the past few decades, such as high-throughput
DNA marker genotyping, have provided more powerful plant breeding approaches …

Plant gene editing has become an important molecular tool to revolutionize modern
breeding of crops. Over the past years, remarkable advancement has been made in …

Over the last few years, the use of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
(CRISPR) for genetic manipulation has transformed life science. CRISPR was first found in …

Targeted genome editing using artificial nucleases has the potential to accelerate basic
research as well as plant breeding by providing the means to modify genomes rapidly in a …

The Cas9 nuclease initiates double-stranded breaks at the target position in DNA, which are
repaired by the intracellular restoration pathways to eliminate or insert pieces of DNA …

Population growth and climate change demand the constant development of new crop
varieties that can produce higher yields, and better organoleptic and nutritional value under …

There is an urgent need to enhance agriculture productivity to feed the world's ever-
increasing population on the one hand and stresses reducing global agriculture productivity …

Genome editing promises giant leaps forward in advancing biotechnology, agriculture, and
basic research. The process relies on the use of sequence specific nucleases (SSNs) to …

Abiotic stress such as cold, drought, saline-alkali stress and biotic stress including disease
and insect pest are the main factors that affect plant growth and limit agricultural productivity …