Plant genomes are so highly diverse that a substantial proportion of genomic sequences are
not shared among individuals. The variable DNA sequences, along with the conserved core …

Background Plastic responses of plants to the environment are ubiquitous. Phenotypic
plasticity occurs in many forms and at many biological scales, and its adaptive value …

Plant biotechnology predominantly relies on a restricted set of genetic parts with limited
capability to customize spatiotemporal and conditional expression patterns. Synthetic gene …

The present day's ongoing global warming and climate change adversely affect plants
through imposing environmental (abiotic) stresses and disease pressure. The major abiotic …

Priming reflects the capacity of plants to memorise environmental stress experience and
improve their response to recurring stress. Epigenetic modifications in DNA and associated …

Heat waves occurring during droughts can have a devastating impact on yield, especially if
they happen during the flowering and seed set stages of the crop cycle. Global warming and …

The short read-length of next-generation sequencing makes it challenging to characterize
highly repetitive regions (HRRs) such as centromeres, telomeres and ribosomal DNAs …

Sequencing technologies are evolving at a rapid pace, enabling the generation of massive
amounts of data in multiple dimensions (eg, genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomic …

Crop production is the primary goal of agricultural activities, which is always taken into
consideration. However, global agricultural systems are coming under increasing pressure …

The establishment, maintenance, and removal of epigenetic modifications provide an
additional layer of regulation, beyond genetically encoded factors, by which plants can …