Main conclusion While transgenic technology has heralded a new era in crop improvement,
several concerns have precluded their widespread acceptance. Alternative technologies …

Climate change, food shortage, water scarcity, and population growth are some of the
threatening challenges being faced in today's world. Drought stress (DS) poses a constant …

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 …

Salinity is an ever-present major constraint and a major threat to legume crops, particularly
in areas with irrigated agriculture. Legumes demonstrate high sensitivity, especially during …

The advanced biotechnology CRISPR/Cas9 as a powerful genome editing tool has
displayed great potential for improving important agronomic traits such as yield and quality …

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-Cas9 technology
allows the modification of DNA sequences in vivo at the location of interest. Although …

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is an important vegetable crop species with great economic
value. Shoot architecture determines the visual appearance of plants and has a strong …

The arrival of sequence-specific endonucleases that allow genome editing has shaken the
pillars of basic and applied plant biology. Clustered regularly interspaced palindromic …

Soil contamination by toxic metals is a major health issue that could be partly solved by
using genetically-modified plants. For that, the recently developed technique of clustered …

Maize is a global principal crop, after wheat and rice. Maydis leaf blight (MLB), also known
as Southern Corn Leaf Blight (SCLB), caused by Cochliobolus heterostrophus is a massive …