The deployment of omics technologies has obtained an incredible boost over the past few
decades with the advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies, innovative …

Background Soybean is a worldwide-cultivated crop due to its applications in the food, feed,
and biodiesel industries. Genome editing in soybean began with ZFN and TALEN …

Advances in gene editing and natural genetic variability present significant opportunities to
generate novel alleles and select natural sources of genetic variation for horticulture crop …

We focused on the geminiviral vector systems to develop an efficient vector system for plant
biotechnology. Begomoviruses and curtoviruses, which belong to the Geminiviridae family …

Solanum nigrum, which belongs to the Solanaceae family, is an essential plant for food and
medicine. It has many important secondary compounds, including glycoproteins …

Plant viruses pose significant threats to agricultural systems, jeopardizing food security
worldwide with a growing population. Owing to ineffective chemical interventions, the use of …

The human population is growing rapidly and is projected to reach 10 billion by 2055
according to The World Bank. However, limited cultivable land, climate change, and plant …

Begomoviruses, belonging to the family Geminiviridae and the genus Begomovirus, are
DNA viruses that are transmitted by whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) in a circulative …

Genome editing holds great promise for the molecular breeding of plants, yet its application
is hindered by the shortage of simple and effective means of delivering genome editing …

Rice (Oryza sativa) varieties are generated through breeding programs focused on local
requirements. In Chile, the southernmost rice producer, rice productivity relies on the use …