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 …

Since its discovery in 2012, the novel technology of clustered regularly interspaced short
palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) has greatly …

Targeted genome editing technologies are becoming the most important and widely used
genetic tools in studies of phytopathology. The “clustered regularly interspaced short …

Gene expression plays a fundamental role in the regulation of agronomically important traits
in crop plants. The genetic manipulation of plant promoters through genome editing has …

Crop breeders are currently facing the need to continue increasing crop production to feed
the growing human population, while mitigating the negative impacts of climate change on …

Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is one of the most valuable food and industrial crops. Its
production is constrained due to major biotic (fungi, bacteria, viruses and insect pests) and …

Environmental changes and increasing population are major concerns for crop production
and food security as a whole. To address this, researchers had focussed on the …

Anthocyanins are a flavonoid compound known as one of the most important chromogenic
substances. They play several functions, including health promotion and sustaining plants …

The excess of salts in soils causes stress in most plants, except for some halophytes that can
tolerate higher levels of salinity. The excess of Na+ generates an ionic imbalance, reducing …

Plants consistently encounter environmental stresses that negatively affect their growth and
development. To mitigate these challenges, plants have developed a range of adaptive …