Enhanced agricultural production through innovative breeding technology is urgently
needed to increase access to nutritious foods worldwide. Recent advances in CRISPR/Cas …

The discovery of the CRISPR/Cas genome-editing system has revolutionized our
understanding of the plant genome. CRISPR/Cas has been used for over a decade to …

Traditionally, generation of new plants with improved or desirable features has relied on
laborious and time-consuming breeding techniques. Genome-editing technologies have led …

Gene upregulation through genome editing is important for plant research and breeding.
Targeted insertion of short transcriptional enhancers (STEs) into gene promoters may offer a …

The terms genome engineering, genome editing, and gene editing, refer to modifications
(insertions, deletions, substitutions) in the genome of a living organism. The most widely …

Current agricultural and food systems encourage research and development on major
crops, neglecting regionally important minor crops. Small millets include a group of small …

The current genome editing system Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic
Repeats Cas9 (CRISPR/Cas9) has already confirmed its proficiency, adaptability, and …

Increasing agricultural productivity via modern breeding strategies is of prime interest to
attain global food security. An array of biotic and abiotic stressors affect productivity as well …

Cereal crops, including triticeae species (barley, wheat, rye), as well as edible cereals
(wheat, corn, rice, oat, rye, sorghum), are significant suppliers for human consumption …

Abiotic stresses, including drought, salinity, cold, heat, and heavy metals, extensively
reducing global agricultural production. Traditional breeding approaches and transgenic …