Traditional breeding or genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have for a long time been
the sole approaches to effectively cope with biotic and abiotic stresses and implement the …

Main conclusion In spite of the limited investment in orphan crops, access to new
technologies such as bioinformatics and low-cost genotyping opens new doors to …

Genomics, dealing with the collection and characterization of genes and analysis of the
relationships between gene activity and cell function, is a rapidly evolving, interdisciplinary …

We are witnessing the timely convergence of several technologies that together will have
significant impact on research, human health and in animal and plant breeding. The …

Genome editing, a revolutionary technology in molecular biology and represented by the
CRISPR/Cas9 system, has become widely used in plants for characterizing gene function …

The role of genetically modified (GM) crops in supporting sustainable food systems is an
ongoing controversy. Underlying this controversy, I will argue, are radically different …

The biotechnological approaches of transgenesis and the more recent eco-friendly new
breeding techniques (NBTs), in particular, genome editing, offer useful strategies for genetic …

Nutritional stress is making over two billion world population malnourished. Either our
commercially cultivated varieties of cereals, pulses, and oilseed crops are deficient in …

New plant breeding technologies, such as genome editing, are enabling new crop varieties
to be developed far quicker and with greater precision and scope than achievable using …

Agriculture is experiencing a technological inflection point in its history, while also facing
unprecedented challenges posed by human population growth and global climate changes …