Till date, only three techniques namely Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN), Transcription-Activator
Like Effector Nucleases (TALEN) and Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic …

To confer resistance against pathogens and pests in plants, typically dominant resistance
genes are deployed. However, because resistance is based on recognition of a single …

The need to accelerate breeding for increased yield potential and better adaptation to
drought and other abiotic stresses is an issue of increasing urgency. As the population …

Increasing crop yields to ensure food security is a major challenge. Mutagenesis is an
important tool in crop improvement and is free of the regulatory restrictions imposed on …

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 …

Abstract Background Wheat (Triticum ssp.) is an important food source for humans in many
regions around the world. However, the ability to understand and modify gene function for …

Recent advances in large-scale genome sequencing projects have opened up new
possibilities for the application of conventional mutation techniques in not only forward but …

Abstract Background Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is ranked as the fifth most
important grain crop and serves as a major food staple and fodder resource for much of the …

Improved agricultural and industrial production organisms are required to meet the future
global food demands and minimize the effects of climate change. A new resource for crop …

Archaeological evidence indicates that barley (Hordeum vulgare) and wheat (Triticum
aestivum) were domesticated 10,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent (Zohary and Hopf …