[HTML][HTML] Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Potential Pathogen Resistance in Cannabis sativa

TM Sirangelo, RA Ludlow, ND Spadafora - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) is one of the earliest cultivated crops, valued for producing a
broad spectrum of compounds used in medicinal products and being a source of food and …

[HTML][HTML] Expression of putative defense responses in cannabis primed by Pseudomonas and/or Bacillus strains and infected by Botrytis cinerea

C Balthazar, G Cantin, A Novinscak, DL Joly… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) offers many industrial, agricultural, and medicinal
applications, but is commonly threatened by the gray mold disease caused by the fungus …

[HTML][HTML] In silico analysis enabling informed design for genome editing in medicinal cannabis; gene families and variant characterisation

L Matchett-Oates, S Braich, GC Spangenberg… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Cannabis has been used worldwide for centuries for industrial, recreational and
medicinal use, however, to date no successful attempts at editing genes involved in …

[HTML][HTML] Releasing the full potential of Cannabis through biotechnology

L Li, S Yu, J Chen, C Cheng, J Sun, Y Xu, C Deng… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) is a dioecious plant cultivated worldwide for thousands of
years. Besides the narcotic and therapeutic effects, Cannabis can be used as raw materials …

Sequence and annotation of 42 cannabis genomes reveals extensive copy number variation in cannabinoid synthesis and pathogen resistance genes

KJ McKernan, Y Helbert, LT Kane, H Ebling, L Zhang… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Cannabis is a diverse and polymorphic species. To better understand cannabinoid
synthesis inheritance and its impact on pathogen resistance, we shotgun sequenced and …

[HTML][HTML] Plant and fungal genome editing to enhance plant disease resistance using the CRISPR/Cas9 system

NC Paul, SW Park, H Liu, S Choi, J Ma… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Crop production has been substantially reduced by devastating fungal and oomycete
pathogens, and these pathogens continue to threaten global food security. Although …

Establishment of an Agrobacterium‐mediated genetic transformation and CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated targeted mutagenesis in Hemp (Cannabis Sativa L.)

X Zhang, G Xu, C Cheng, L Lei, J Sun… - Plant biotechnology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is an annual and typically dioecious crop. Due to the therapeutic
potential for human diseases, phytocannabinoids as a medical therapy is getting more …

Genome editing for resistance against plant pests and pathogens

C Rato, MF Carvalho, C Azevedo, PR Oblessuc - Transgenic Research, 2021 - Springer
The conventional breeding of crops struggles to keep up with increasing food needs and
ever-adapting pests and pathogens. Global climate changes have imposed another layer of …

CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome editing tools and their possible role in disease resistance mechanism

D Kumari, BD Prasad, P Dwivedi… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - Springer
Several phytopathogens have detrimental effects on crop production and productivity
potentially threatening global food security. Studying the genetic mechanisms of virulence in …

[HTML][HTML] Genome editing in the edible fungus Poria cocos using CRISPR-Cas9 system integrating genome-wide off-target prediction and detection

Z Xie, C Zhong, X Liu, Z Wang, R Zhou, J Xie… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Poria cocos is an important edible and medicinal fungus with a long history. However, the
lack of adequate genetic tools has hindered molecular genetic research and the genetic …