Lignin engineering is an attractive strategy to improve lignocellulosic biomass quality for
processing to biofuels and other bio-based products. However, lignin engineering also …

Abiotic stresses, including drought, salinity, cold, heat, and heavy metals, extensively
reducing global agricultural production. Traditional breeding approaches and transgenic …

Environmental pollution is one of the major problems for human health. Toxic heavy metals
are normally present as soil constituents or can also be spread out in the environment by …

Downregulation of the expression of specific genes through RNA interference (RNAi), has
been widely used for genetic research in insects. The method has relied on the injection of …

Glucosinolates are a large group of plant secondary metabolites with nutritional effects and
biologically active compounds. Glucosinolates are mainly found in cruciferous plants such …

Covering: 2000 to 2014 Plant metabolomics has matured and modern plant metabolomics
has accelerated gene discoveries and the elucidation of a variety of plant natural product …

Association genetics can quickly and efficiently delineate regions of the genome that control
traits and provide markers to accelerate breeding by marker-assisted selection. But most …

Gene co‐expression analysis has emerged in the past 5 years as a powerful tool for gene
function prediction. In essence, co‐expression analysis asks the question 'what are the …

The lower incidences of many chronic diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular related
ailments are associated with consumption of vegetables rich dietary regimes and this has …

Starch biosynthesis is important for plant development and is a critical factor in crop quality
and nutrition. As a complex metabolic pathway, the regulation of starch biosynthesis is still …