Genome editing for sustainable crop improvement and mitigation of biotic and abiotic stresses

MF Hamdan, CKS Karlson, EY Teoh, SE Lau, BC Tan - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Climate change poses a serious threat to global agricultural activity and food production.
Plant genome editing technologies have been widely used to develop crop varieties with …

Genome editing in Latin America: Research achievements and regulatory evolution

A Hernández-Soto, A Gatica-Arias - Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture …, 2024 - Springer
Genome editing, mainly CRISPR/Cas9, has been revolutionizing agricultural biotechnology
through precise modifications to plant and animal genomes. This review highlights …

Optimized gamma radiation produces physiological and morphological changes that improve seed yield in wheat

M Shabani, A Alemzadeh, B Nakhoda, H Razi… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2022 - Springer
To study the effect of gamma radiation on various morphological and agronomic characters
of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), seeds were subjected to different gamma radiation …

The role of Italy in the use of advanced plant genomic techniques on fruit trees: state of the art and future perspectives

L Nerva, L Dalla Costa, A Ciacciulli… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
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 …

Making use of plant uORFs to control transgene translation in response to pathogen attack

G Ai, J Liu, X Fu, T Li, H Zhu, Y Zhai, C Xia, W Pan… - Biodesign …, 2022 - Elsevier
Reducing crop loss to diseases is urgently needed to meet increasing food production
challenges caused by the expanding world population and the negative impact of climate …

A Temporary Immersion System Improves Regeneration of In Vitro Irradiated Recalcitrant Indica Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Embryogenic Calli

A Hernández-Soto, J Pérez, R Fait-Zúñiga… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The development of gamma ray-mutated rice lines is a solution for introducing genetic
variability in indica rice varieties already being used by farmers. In vitro gamma ray (60Co) …

Research Progress in Heterologous Crocin Production

J Zhou, D Huang, C Liu, Z Hu, H Li, S Lou - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Crocin is one of the most valuable components of the Chinese medicinal plant Crocus
sativus and is widely used in the food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries. Traditional …

Updates on protein post-translational modifications for modulating response to salinity

MA Najar - Genetics of Salt Tolerance in Plants: A Central …, 2024 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) precisely regulate the location, activity, and
interactions of proteins. PTMs of proteins are crucial for plant development and stress …

[HTML][HTML] A catalogue of virulence strategies mediated by phytopathogenic effectors

G Ai, H Peng, W Pan, Y Li, Z Wan, Z Yin, D Shen… - Fundamental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Plant diseases cause dramatic economic loss, posing a major challenge to modern
agriculture. Plant pathogenic organisms secret effectors that utilize fascinating and intricate …

Grapevines grown from canes having spent 10 months in space: study of their downy mildew susceptibility

D Taillis, A Burdziej, C Bautista, FWM Haag… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The control of plant diseases represents a significant challenge in agriculture, particularly
with the current emphasis on reducing pesticide use, necessitating alternative approaches …