All components of the rhizosphere can be engineered to promote plant health and growth,
two features that strongly depend upon the interactions of living organisms with their …

This narrative review paper discusses the role of biotechnology in the development of
sustainable agriculture. The paper begins by defining sustainability and highlights the …

Plant breeding, one of the oldest agricultural activities, parallels human civilization. Many
crops have been domesticated to satisfy human's food and aesthetical needs, including …

Food and feed has been produced from genetically modified (GM) crops for 25 years. It is
timely to review whether this technology has globally delivered the expected benefits and …

Recent crop production studies have aimed at an increase in the biotic and abiotic tolerance
of plant communities, along with increased nutrient availability and crop yields. This can be …

The availability of genome sequences for many fruit crops has redefined the boundaries of
genetic engineering and genetically modified (GM) crop plants. However commercialization …

Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) is a significant threat to global papaya cultivation, causing
ringspot disease, and it belongs to the species Papaya ringspot virus, genus Potyvirus, and …

The conventional breeding of fruits and fruit trees has led to the improvement of consumer-
driven traits such as fruit size, yield, nutritional properties, aroma and taste, as well as the …

Plant viruses cause yield losses to crops of agronomic and economic significance and are a
challenge to the achievement of global food security. Although conventional plant breeding …

Maize dwarf mosaic virus (MDMV) is a serious maize pathogen, epidemic worldwide, and
one of the most common virus diseases for monocotyledonous plants, causing up to 70 …