Background DNA markers improved the productivity and accuracy of classical plant
breeding by means of marker-assisted selection (MAS). The enormous number of …

Multiple “omics” approaches have emerged as successful technologies for plant systems
over the last few decades. Advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) have paved a …

With the development of molecular marker technology in the 1980s, the fate of plant
breeding has changed. Different types of molecular markers have been developed and …

Targeted base editing in plants without the need for a foreign DNA donor or double-stranded
DNA cleavage would accelerate genome modification and breeding in a wide array of crops …

Crop yield has been greatly enhanced during the last century. However, most elite cultivars
are adapted to temperate climates and are not well suited to more stressful conditions. In the …

Pollen development is a critical step in plant development that is needed for successful
breeding and seed formation. Manipulation of male fertility has proved a useful trait for …

DNA damage is induced by many factors, some of which naturally occur in the environment.
Because of their sessile nature, plants are especially exposed to unfavorable conditions …

Ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS)-induced mutagenesis is a powerful tool to generate genetic
resource for identifying untapped genes and characterizing the function of genes to …

Wheat is one of the most widely grown cereal crops in the world and is an important food
grain source for humans. However, wheat yields can be reduced by many abiotic and biotic …

Plant mutagenesis is rapidly coming of age in the aftermath of recent developments in high‐
resolution molecular and biochemical techniques. By combining the high variation of …