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 …

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

Global warming and climate change have severely affected plant growth and food
production. Therefore, minimizing these effects is required for sustainable crop yields …

Advances in genome engineering (GE) tools based on sequence-specific programmable
nucleases have revolutionized precise genome editing in plants. However, only the …

In recent decades, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat/CRISPR
associated protein (CRISPR/Cas) has become one of the most promising genome editing …

Fruit crops, consist of climacteric and non-climacteric fruits, are the major sources of
nutrients and fiber for human diet. Since 2013, CRISPR/Cas (Clustered Regularly …

Climate change is deeply impacting the food chain production, lowering quality and yield. In
this context, the international scientific community has dedicated many efforts to enhancing …

Climate change and rapid adaption of invasive pathogens pose a constant pressure on the
fruit industry to develop improved varieties. Aiming to accelerate the development of better …

Gene editing technologies have opened up the possibility of manipulating the genome of
any organism in a predicted way. CRISPR technology is the most used genome editing tool …

CRISPR (short for “Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats”) is a
technology that research scientists use to selectively modify the DNA of living organisms …