Poplar (Populus) is a genus of woody plants of great economic value. Due to the growing
economic importance of poplar, there is a need to ensure its stable growth by increasing its …

Genome editing has many potential uses in forestry because it makes it possible to change
the genes that control tree growth, the type of biomass they make, how they respond to …

Plants are influenced by various biotic and abiotic stresses, which affect survival, growth,
and yield. Among these, plant pathogens including oomycetes, fungi, bacteria, viruses, and …

Pathogenic microbes are responsible for severe production losses in crops worldwide. The
use of disease resistant crop varieties can be a sustainable approach to meet the food …

The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) system is a
prokaryotic adaptive immune system that has the ability to identify specific locations on the …

As the world's population is projected to reach 10 billion by 2050 (FAO, 2017), the most
urgent challenge of our time is to sustainably feed this expanding population. The Green …

Millets are a group of important drought-resistant “nutri-cereals” commonly cultivated in arid
and semi-arid areas. A renewed focus on increasing their production and highlighting …

Powdery Mildew (PM) caused by fungal pathogen Oidium neolycopersici (O. neolycopersici)
affects both greenhouse and field-grown tomato production. Resistance to PM disease can …

Background CRISPR has been increasingly used for plant genetic improvements because
of its high efficiency and precision. Recently, the authors have reported the possibility of …

The topic of plant-microbe interactions has been intensively studied since the discovery that
causal agents of plant diseases are microbes. The attractiveness and relevance of plant …