The rapid development of accurate and quick diagnostic tools for infectious diseases has
made a massive impact in global health. POC devices for pathogen detection have primarily …

Molecular farming intends to use crop plants as biofactories for high value-added
compounds following application of a wide range of biotechnological tools. In particular, the …

Premise of the Study Polyploidy or whole‐genome duplication (WGD) pervades the
evolutionary history of angiosperms. Despite extensive progress in our understanding of …

Nicotiana benthamiana is widely used as a model plant for dicotyledonous angiosperms. In
fact, the strains used in research are highly susceptible to a wide range of viruses …

Doubled haploid (DH) technology is used to obtain homozygous lines in a single
generation, a technique that significantly accelerates the crop breeding trajectory …

Current archaeological research on cultigens emphasizes the protracted and intimate
human interactions with wild species that defined paths to domestication and, with certain …

Species of the genus Nicotiana (Solanaceae), commonly referred to as tobacco plants, are
often cultivated as non-food crops and garden ornamentals. In addition to the worldwide …

Abstract Background and Aims The extent to which genome size and chromosome numbers
evolve in concert is little understood, particularly after polyploidy (whole-genome …

Background Nicotiana benthamiana is an important model organism of the Solanaceae
(Nightshade) family. Several draft assemblies of the N. benthamiana genome have been …

Rcr3 is a secreted protease of tomato that is targeted by fungal effector Avr2, a secreted
protease inhibitor of the fungal pathogen Cladosporium fulvum. The Avr2-Rcr3 complex is …