Smart reprograming of plants against salinity stress using modern biotechnological tools

A Raza, J Tabassum, AZ Fakhar, R Sharif… - Critical reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Climate change gives rise to numerous environmental stresses, including soil salinity.
Salinity/salt stress is the second biggest abiotic factor affecting agricultural productivity …

[PDF][PDF] Invasiveness, biology, ecology, and management of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda

M Kenis, G Benelli, A Biondi, PA Calatayud, R Day… - 2022 - ore.exeter.ac.uk
The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith, 1797), is a serious pest of
several crops, particularly maize and other cereals. It has long been known as a pest in the …

Genome-edited powdery mildew resistance in wheat without growth penalties

S Li, D Lin, Y Zhang, M Deng, Y Chen, B Lv, B Li, Y Lei… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Disruption of susceptibility (S) genes in crops is an attractive breeding strategy for conferring
disease resistance,. However, S genes are implicated in many essential biological functions …

Applications of genome editing technology in the targeted therapy of human diseases: mechanisms, advances and prospects

H Li, Y Yang, W Hong, M Huang, M Wu… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Based on engineered or bacterial nucleases, the development of genome editing
technologies has opened up the possibility of directly targeting and modifying genomic …

A CRISPR–Cpf1 system for efficient genome editing and transcriptional repression in plants

X Tang, LG Lowder, T Zhang, AA Malzahn, X Zheng… - Nature plants, 2017 - nature.com
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)–Cpf1 has emerged as
an effective genome editing tool in animals. Here we compare the activity of Cpf1 from …

CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing for disease modeling and therapy: challenges and opportunities for nonviral delivery

HX Wang, M Li, CM Lee, S Chakraborty… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Genome editing offers promising solutions to genetic disorders by editing DNA sequences
or modulating gene expression. The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic …

CRISPRscan: designing highly efficient sgRNAs for CRISPR-Cas9 targeting in vivo

MA Moreno-Mateos, CE Vejnar, JD Beaudoin… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
CRISPR-Cas9 technology provides a powerful system for genome engineering. However,
variable activity across different single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) remains a significant …

Therapeutic genome editing: prospects and challenges

DBT Cox, RJ Platt, F Zhang - Nature medicine, 2015 - nature.com
Recent advances in the development of genome editing technologies based on
programmable nucleases have substantially improved our ability to make precise changes …

A CRISPR/Cas9 toolbox for multiplexed plant genome editing and transcriptional regulation

LG Lowder, D Zhang, NJ Baltes, JW Paul III… - Plant …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The relative ease, speed, and biological scope of clustered regularly interspaced short
palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated Protein9 (Cas9)-based reagents for …

Resistance Genes and their Interactions with Bacterial Blight/Leaf Streak Pathogens (Xanthomonas oryzae) in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)—an Updated Review

N Jiang, J Yan, Y Liang, Y Shi, Z He, Y Wu, Q Zeng… - Rice, 2020 - Springer
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple food crop, feeding more than 50% of the world's population.
Diseases caused by bacterial, fungal, and viral pathogens constantly threaten the rice …