The history of tomato: from domestication to biopharming

V Bergougnoux - Biotechnology advances, 2014 - Elsevier
Imported from the Andean region to Europe in the 16th century, today tomato is widespread
throughout the world and represents the most economically important vegetable crop …

Genome editing for crop improvement: challenges and opportunities

NA Abdallah, CS Prakash, AG McHughen - GM Crops & Food, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Genome or gene editing includes several new techniques to help scientists precisely modify
genome sequences. The techniques also enables us to alter the regulation of gene …

Targeted genome editing of sweet orange using Cas9/sgRNA

H Jia, N Wang - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Genetic modification, including plant breeding, has been widely used to improve crop yield
and quality, as well as to increase disease resistance. Targeted genome engineering is …

Recombinase technology: applications and possibilities

Y Wang, YY Yau, D Perkins-Balding, JG Thomson - Plant cell reports, 2011 - Springer
The use of recombinases for genomic engineering is no longer a new technology. In fact,
this technology has entered its third decade since the initial discovery that recombinases …

Recent advances in development of marker-free transgenic plants: regulation and biosafety concern

N Tuteja, S Verma, RK Sahoo, S Raveendar… - Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
During the efficient genetic transformation of plants with the gene of interest, some
selectable marker genes are also used in order to identify the transgenic plant cells or …

Less is more: strategies to remove marker genes from transgenic plants

YY Yau, CN Stewart - BMC biotechnology, 2013 - Springer
Selectable marker genes (SMGs) and selection agents are useful tools in the production of
transgenic plants by selecting transformed cells from a matrix consisting of mostly …

Xcc-facilitated agroinfiltration of citrus leaves: a tool for rapid functional analysis of transgenes in citrus leaves

H Jia, N Wang - Plant cell reports, 2014 - Springer
Key message Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri pretreatment before agroinfiltration could
significantly promote transient expression in citrus leaves which were previously recalcitrant …

Current status of binary vectors and superbinary vectors

T Komori, T Imayama, N Kato, Y Ishida, J Ueki… - Plant …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
A binary vector was invented soon after it had been elucidated that crown gall tumorigenesis
was caused by genetic transformation of plant cells with a piece of DNA, T-DNA for …

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing in plants

X Liu, C Xie, H Si, J Yang - Methods, 2017 - Elsevier
The increasing burden of the world's population on agriculture necessitates the
development of more robust crops. As the amount of information from sequenced crop …

Agroinoculation and agroinfiltration: simple tools for complex gene function analyses

Z Vaghchhipawala, CM Rojas, M Senthil-Kumar… - Plant reverse genetics …, 2011 - Springer
Agroinoculation, first developed as a simple tool to study plant–virus interactions, is a
popular method of choice for functional gene analysis of viral genomes. With the explosive …