Since the discovery that nucleases of the bacterial CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced
palindromic repeat)‐associated (Cas) system can be used as easily programmable tools for …

The acceptance of new crop varieties by consumers is contingent on the presence of
consumer-preferred traits, which include sensory attributes, nutritional value, industrial …

The advantages of high input agriculture are fading away due to degenerating soil health
and adverse effects of climate change. Safeguarding crop yields in the changing …

Plants and microbes are co-evolved and interact with each other in nature. Plant-associated
microbes, often referred to as plant microbiota, are an integral part of plant life. Depending …

Maintaining global food security is a major challenge that requires novel strategies for crop
improvement. Epigenetic regulation of plant responses to adverse environmental conditions …

Directed breeding of horticultural crops is essential for increasing yield, nutritional content,
and consumer-valued characteristics such as shape and color of the produce. However …

Flower color, which is determined by various chemical pigments, is a vital trait for
ornamental plants, in which anthocyanin is a major component. However, the epigenetic …

Gene expression plays a fundamental role in the regulation of agronomically important traits
in crop plants. The genetic manipulation of plant promoters through genome editing has …

Epigenetic modifications play a vital role in the preservation of genome integrity and in the
regulation of gene expression. DNA methylation, one of the key mechanisms of epigenetic …

Epigenetics represents a widely accepted set of mechanisms by which organisms respond
to the environment by regulating phenotypic plasticity and life history transitions …