Zero hunger is one of the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations in 2015
to achieve global food security by 2030. The current harvest of crops is insufficient; feeding …

Food crop production and quality are two major attributes that ensure food security. Rice is
one of the major sources of food that feeds half of the world's population. Therefore, to feed …

Cereals and pulses are consumed as staple food in low income countries for fulfillment of
daily dietary requirements and as source of micronutrients. However they are failing to offer …

Gene expression levels in rice (Oryza sativa L.) and other plant species are determined by
the promoters, which directly control phenotypic characteristics. As essential components of …

Plant viruses pose a serious threat to agricultural production systems worldwide. The world's
population is expected to reach the 10-billion mark by 2057. Under the scenario of declining …

Fungal diseases threaten the forest ecosystem, impacting tree health, productivity, and
biodiversity. Conventional approaches to combating diseases, such as biological control or …

Climate change has significantly affected agriculture production, particularly the rice crop
that is consumed by almost half of the world's population and contributes significantly to …

The recent thrust in research has projected the type II clustered regularly interspaced short
palindromic repeats and associated protein 9 (CRISPR-Cas9) system as an avant-garde …

The recalcitrance exhibited by many maize (Zea mays) genotypes to traditional genetic
transformation protocols poses a significant challenge to the large-scale application of …

Numerous develo** nations face epidemics that are characterized by nutritional
deficiencies in both humans and animals. A further threat to nutritional quality is posed by …