Applications of CRISPR–Cas in agriculture and plant biotechnology

H Zhu, C Li, C Gao - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2020 - nature.com
The prokaryote-derived CRISPR–Cas genome editing technology has altered plant
molecular biology beyond all expectations. Characterized by robustness and high target …

Designing future crops: genomics-assisted breeding comes of age

RK Varshney, A Bohra, J Yu, A Graner, Q Zhang… - Trends in Plant …, 2021 - cell.com
Over the past decade, genomics-assisted breeding (GAB) has been instrumental in
harnessing the potential of modern genome resources and characterizing and exploiting …

Unique and common traits in mycorrhizal symbioses

A Genre, L Lanfranco, S Perotto… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Mycorrhizas are among the most important biological interkingdom interactions, as they
involve~ 340,000 land plants and~ 50,000 taxa of soil fungi. In these mutually beneficial …

Convergent selection of a WD40 protein that enhances grain yield in maize and rice

W Chen, L Chen, X Zhang, N Yang, J Guo, M Wang… - Science, 2022 - science.org
A better understanding of the extent of convergent selection among crops could greatly
improve breeding programs. We found that the quantitative trait locus KRN2 in maize and its …

Crop phenomics and high-throughput phenoty**: past decades, current challenges, and future perspectives

W Yang, H Feng, X Zhang, J Zhang, JH Doonan… - Molecular plant, 2020 - cell.com
Since whole-genome sequencing of many crops has been achieved, crop functional
genomics studies have stepped into the big-data and high-throughput era. However …

Agroecology for a sustainable agriculture and food system: from local solutions to large-scale adoption

F Ewert, R Baatz, R Finger - Annual Review of Resource …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Agroecology is often considered as the ultimate and most comprehensive solution to the
many challenges of the agricultural and food system, also referred to as the agri-food …

Smart breeding driven by big data, artificial intelligence, and integrated genomic-enviromic prediction

Y Xu, X Zhang, H Li, H Zheng, J Zhang, MS Olsen… - Molecular Plant, 2022 - cell.com
The first paradigm of plant breeding involves direct selection-based phenotypic observation,
followed by predictive breeding using statistical models for quantitative traits constructed …

Reap the crop wild relatives for breeding future crops

A Bohra, B Kilian, S Sivasankar, M Caccamo… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Crop wild relatives (CWRs) have provided breeders with several'game-changing'traits or
genes that have boosted crop resilience and global agricultural production. Advances in …

Role of new plant breeding technologies for food security and sustainable agricultural development

M Qaim - Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
New plant breeding technologies (NPBTs), including genetically modified and gene‐edited
crops, offer large potentials for sustainable agricultural development and food security while …

Designing future crops: challenges and strategies for sustainable agriculture

Z Tian, JW Wang, J Li, B Han - The Plant Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Crop production is facing unprecedented challenges. Despite the fact that the food supply
has significantly increased over the past half‐century,~ 8.9 and 14.3% people are still …