Hairy roots derived from the infection of a plant by Rhizobium rhizogenes (previously
referred to as Agrobacterium rhizogenes) bacteria, can be obtained from a wide variety of …

Polyamines are amine-containing, low molecular weight, and ubiquitous polycationic
molecules present in almost all cells and free-living microbes, which are formed by aliphatic …

Plant cell cultivations are being considered as an alternative to agricultural processes for
producing valuable phytochemicals. Since many of these products (secondary metabolites) …

High stability of the production of secondary metabolites is an interesting characteristic of
hairy root cultures. For 25 years, hairy roots have been investigated as a biological system …

Agrobacterium rhizogenes Conn. causes hairy root disease in plants. Hairy root‐infected A.
rhizogenes is characterized by a high growth rate and genetic stability. Hairy root cultures …

Hairy root (HR) culture, a successful biotechnology combining in vitro tissue culture with
recombinant DNA machinery, is intended for the genetic improvement of plants. This …

Secondary metabolites synthesized by the Solanaceous plants are of major therapeutic and
pharmaceutical importance, many of which are commonly obtained from the roots of these …

Plants are a rich source of valuable secondary metabolites. Plant cell culture technologies
developed in the past as possible tools for secondary metabolites production. In most cases …

CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome editing is a powerful tool of plant functional genomics. Hairy
root transformation is a rapid and convenient approach for obtaining transgenic roots. When …

In the past two decades, hairy root research for the production of important secondary
metabolites has received a lot of attention. The addition of knowledge to overcome the …