Global warming causes a range of negative impacts on plants especially due to rapid
changes in temperatures, alterations of rainfall patterns, floods or drought conditions, and …

Biofortification is an upcoming, promising, cost-effective, and sustainable technique of
delivering micronutrients to a population that has limited access to diverse diets and other …

The first decade of genetic engineering primarily focused on quantitative crop improvement.
With the advances in technology, the focus of agricultural biotechnology has shifted toward …

Key message New advances in crop genetic engineering can significantly pace up the
development of genetically improved varieties with enhanced yield, nutrition and tolerance …

Pseudocereals are promising crops for coming decades keeping in view the global food
security. Amaranths are a leading group of plants among the pseudocereals that have the …

Sweet potato ranks as the world's seventh most important food crop, and has major
contribution to energy and phytochemical source of nutrition. To unravel the molecular basis …

Main conclusion Present review describes the molecular tools and strategies deployed in
the trait discovery and improvement of major crops. The prospects and challenges …

The white potato is a concentrated source of carbohydrate, dietary fiber, and resistant starch
and continues to be the staple food of choice for many cultures. The white potato is also a …

Most of the genetically modified (GM) plants currently commercialized encompass a handful
of crop species (soybean, corn, cotton and canola) with agronomic characters (traits) …

Functional foods are natural products of plants that have health benefits beyond necessary
nutrition. Functional foods are abundant in fruits, vegetables, spices, beverages and some …