Agriculture is experiencing a technological inflection point in its history, while also facing
unprecedented challenges posed by human population growth and global climate changes …

The development of plant varieties with desired traits is imperative to ensure future food
security. The revolution of genome editing technologies based on the clustered regularly …

Genetic engineering to improve the capabilities of plants is essential given climate change
and population growth pressures. Current manipulation methods are laborious and species …

People have grafted plants since antiquity for propagation, to increase yields, and to
improve stress tolerance. This cutting and joining of tissues activates an incredible …

CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology can overcome many limitations of traditional
breeding, offering enormous potential for crop improvement and food production. Although …

The major challenges that agriculture is facing in the twenty-first century are increasing
droughts, water scarcity, flooding, poorer soils, and extreme temperatures due to climate …

Protoplasts, which are plant cells with their cell walls removed, have been used for decades
in plant research and have been instrumental in genetic transformation and the study of …

The application of New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) in Vitis vinifera is highly desirable to
introduce valuable traits while preserving the genotype of the elite cultivars. However, a …

The cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is a legume consumed worldwide in the form of
oil, nuts, peanut butter, and candy. Improving peanut production and nutrition will require …

Sources of new genetic variability have been limited to existing germplasm in the past.
Wheat has been studied extensively for various agronomic traits located throughout the …