Since it was first recognized in bacteria and archaea as a mechanism for innate viral
immunity in the early 2010s, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats …

The various crop species are major agricultural products and play an indispensable role in
sustaining human life. Over a long period, breeders strove to increase crop yield and …

Color is an important trait for horticultural crops. Carotenoids are one of the main pigments
for coloration and have important implications for photosynthesis in plants and benefits for …

Even as numerous studies have documented that the red and yellow coloration resulting
from the deposition of carotenoids serves as an honest signal of condition, the evolution of …

Vegetables provide many nutrients in the form of fiber, vitamins, and minerals, which make
them an important part of our diet. Numerous biotic and abiotic stresses can affect crop …

Genome editing technologies, including CRISPR/Cas9 and TALEN, are excellent genetic
modification techniques and are being proven to be powerful tools not only in the field of …

Fruit and vegetable crops are rich in dietary fibre, vitamins and minerals, which are vital to
human health. However, many biotic stressors (such as pests and diseases) and abiotic …

Grain length is one of the most important factors in determining wheat yield. Here, a stable
QTL for grain length was mapped on chromosome 1B in a F10 recombinant inbred lines …

Plant species have evolved diverse metabolic pathways to effectively respond to internal
and external signals throughout their life cycle, allowing adaptation to their sessile and …

For many years, scientists have aspired to edit any DNA segment of living organisms
precisely, and with the discovery of CRISPR/Cas9, they have moved closer to achieving …