Highlights•Banana production is severely constrained by many pests and pathogens,
particularly where several of them are co-existing.•The advances in genome editing (GE) …

The central dogma (CD) of molecular biology is the transfer of genetic information from DNA
to RNA to protein. Major CD processes governing genetic flow include the cell cycle, DNA …

Citrus is one of the most important fruit crops in the world. This review will discuss the recent
findings related to citrus transformation and regeneration protocols of juvenile and adult …

Cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) stands as a historically significant and culturally important
plant, embodying economic, social, and medicinal relevance for human societies. However …

A pandemic isolate of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae biovar 3 (Psa3) has devastated
kiwifruit orchards growing cultivars of Actinidia chinensis. In contrast, A. arguta (kiwiberry) is …

Weeds are important biotic constraints to agricultural production, so herbicides are widely
used with agronomic crops as the primary method of weed control. Accordingly, extensive …

Maize will continue to expand and diversify as an industrial resource and a feed and fuel
crop in the near future. The United Nations estimate that in 2050 the global population will …

The rapid development of genome editing and other new genomic techniques (NGT) has
evoked manifold expectations on purposes of the application of these techniques to crop …

Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is an economically important crop grown in the tropical and
subtropical regions, producing tuberous roots that serve as a staple food, an income source …

Gene editing (GE) technologies are rapidly gaining traction as an alternative to genetically
modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture. While proponents claim the critical need for GE to …