Plant polysaccharides represent a natural source material characterized by high ubiquity,
abundance and biological activities that can be utilised as organic matter in numerous …

Cereal crops, including triticeae species (barley, wheat, rye), as well as edible cereals
(wheat, corn, rice, oat, rye, sorghum), are significant suppliers for human consumption …

Cultivated oat (Avena sativa L.) is an allohexaploid (AACCDD, 2 n= 6 x= 42) thought to have
been domesticated more than 3,000 years ago while growing as a weed in wheat, emmer …

Genome-editing technologies offer unprecedented opportunities for crop improvement with
superior precision and speed. This review presents an analysis of the current state of …

Improved agricultural and industrial production organisms are required to meet the future
global food demands and minimize the effects of climate change. A new resource for crop …

Oat (Avena sativa L.) is an important and nutritious cereal crop, and there is a growing need
to identify genes that contribute to improved oat varieties. Here we utilize a newly …

Background Quality traits are essential determinants of consumer preferences. Dioscorea
alata (Greater Yam), is a starchy tuber crop in tropical regions. However, a comprehensive …

A prerequisite to exploiting soil microbes for sustainable crop production is the identification
of the plant genes shaping microbiota composition in the rhizosphere, the interface between …

Recent breakthroughs in structural biology have provided valuable new insights into
enzymes involved in plant cell wall metabolism. More specifically, the molecular mechanism …

Plant cells are surrounded by strong yet flexible polysaccharide-based cell walls that
support cells while also allowing growth by cell expansion. Plant cell wall research has …