Genome editing technology has rapidly evolved to knock-out genes, create targeted genetic
variation, install precise insertion/deletion and single nucleotide changes, and perform large …

Vegetables provide many nutrients in the form of fiber, vitamins, and minerals, which make
them an important part of our diet. Numerous biotic and abiotic stresses can affect crop …

Fruit and vegetable crops are rich in dietary fibre, vitamins and minerals, which are vital to
human health. However, many biotic stressors (such as pests and diseases) and abiotic …

Abstract Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/CRISPR associated 9
(CRISPR/Cas9) system has recently become one popular technology due to its efficiency …

Maize is a major cereal crop in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Subsistence farmers mostly plant
it in areas where the parasite Striga hermonthica's action often reduces the harvest. This …

Parasitic plants pose a significant threat to global agriculture, causing substantial crop
losses and hampering food security. In recent years, CRISPR (Clustered Regularly …

Breeding is the most important and efficient method for crop improvement involving repeated
modification of the genetic makeup of a plant population over many generations. In this …

Epigenetic changes are emancipated in horticultural crops including tomato due to a variety
of environmental factors. These modifications rely on plant phenotypes mediated by genetic …

Vegetable crops are known as protective foods due to their potential role in a balanced
human diet, especially for vegetarians as they are a rich source of vitamins and minerals …

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 …