Improving photosynthesis, the fundamental process by which plants convert light energy into
chemical energy, is a key area of research with great potential for enhancing sustainable …

New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) include several new technologies for introduction of new
variation into crop plants for plant breeding, in particular the methods that aim to make …

DNA damage is induced by many factors, some of which naturally occur in the environment.
Because of their sessile nature, plants are especially exposed to unfavorable conditions …

ABA INSENSITIVE 5 (ABI5) is a basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor which acts in
the abscisic acid (ABA) network and is activated in response to abiotic stresses. However …

Barley is a diploid species with a genome smaller than those of other members of the
Triticeae tribe, making it an attractive model for genetic studies in Triticeae crops. The recent …

Since its introduction in 2000, the TILLING strategy has been widely used in plant research
to create novel genetic diversity. TILLING is based on chemical or physical mutagenesis …

CRISPR-Cas9 enabled genome engineering has great potential for improving agriculture
productivity, but the possibility of unintended off-target edits has evoked some concerns …

Pearl millet, a vital staple food and an important cereal, is emerging as crop having various
end-uses as feed, food as well as fodder. Advancement in high-throughput sequencing …

Bymovirus-induced yellow mosaic diseases seriously threaten global production of autumn-
sown barley and wheat, which are two of the presently most important crops around the …

Tonoplast Intrinsic Proteins (TIP) are plant aquaporins that are primarily localized in the
tonoplast and play a role in the bidirectional flux of water and other substrates across a …