Food system resilience: concepts, issues, and challenges
Food system resilience has multiple dimensions. We draw on food system and resilience
concepts and review resilience framings of different communities. We present four questions …
concepts and review resilience framings of different communities. We present four questions …
Engineering crops of the future: CRISPR approaches to develop climate-resilient and disease-resistant plants
To meet increasing global food demand, breeders and scientists aim to improve the yield
and quality of major food crops. Plant diseases threaten food security and are expected to …
and quality of major food crops. Plant diseases threaten food security and are expected to …
Origin and evolution of the triploid cultivated banana genome
X Li, S Yu, Z Cheng, X Chang, Y Yun, M Jiang… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Most fresh bananas belong to the Cavendish and Gros Michel subgroups. Here, we report
chromosome-scale genome assemblies of Cavendish (1.48 Gb) and Gros Michel (1.33 Gb) …
chromosome-scale genome assemblies of Cavendish (1.48 Gb) and Gros Michel (1.33 Gb) …
Map** of the Susceptibility of Colombian Musaceae Lands to a Deadly Disease: Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4
G Rodríguez-Yzquierdo, BO Olivares, O Silva-Escobar… - Horticulturae, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (Foc TR4)(Syn. Fusarium
odoratissimum) is a devastating soil-borne pathogen that infects the roots of banana plants …
odoratissimum) is a devastating soil-borne pathogen that infects the roots of banana plants …
Gene editing the phytoene desaturase alleles of Cavendish banana using CRISPR/Cas9
Bananas are a staple food source and a major export commodity worldwide. The Cavendish
dessert banana is a triploid AAA genome type and accounts for around 47% of global …
dessert banana is a triploid AAA genome type and accounts for around 47% of global …
Advances in crop breeding through precision genome editing
The global climate change and unfavourable abiotic and biotic factors are limiting
agricultural productivity and therefore intensifying the challenges for crop scientists to meet …
agricultural productivity and therefore intensifying the challenges for crop scientists to meet …
Applications of CRISPR/Cas to improve crop disease resistance: beyond inactivation of susceptibility factors
D Schenke, D Cai - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
Current crop production systems are prone to increasing pathogen pressure. Fundamental
understanding of molecular plant-pathogen interactions, the availability of crop and …
understanding of molecular plant-pathogen interactions, the availability of crop and …
The origin and current situation of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 in Israel and the Middle East
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) is considered one of the most devastating
soilborne fungal pathogens of banana worldwide. Foc causing mortality to Cavendish group …
soilborne fungal pathogens of banana worldwide. Foc causing mortality to Cavendish group …
Multi-site fungicides suppress banana Panama disease, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4
Global banana production is currently challenged by Panama disease, caused by Fusarium
oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (FocTR4). There are no effective fungicide-based …
oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (FocTR4). There are no effective fungicide-based …
The pangenome of banana highlights differences between genera and genomes
Banana (Musaceae family) has a complex genetic history and includes a genus Musa with a
variety of cultivated clones with edible fruits, Ensete species that are grown for their edible …
variety of cultivated clones with edible fruits, Ensete species that are grown for their edible …