Plant breeding plays a vital role in ensuring global food security by increasing crop yields, improving nutritional quality ...

Scientists at the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology and VIVES University College have developed a new method to ...

Using gene editing with CRISPR-Cas9, the team has been able to study these proteins without altering ... Dec. 13, 2024 — Microorganisms produce a wide variety of natural products that can be ...

Further genetic improvements are needed to meet the challenges of modern agriculture, according to scientists hosting a ...

Brossard also has firsthand experience working with gene editing — she received her masters degree in plant biotechnology. Brossard said while scientists make the distinction between germline gene ...

In a new development, researchers have successfully created an efficient two-line system for hybrid seed production in ...

HGT events from soil bacteria to plants have contributed to the ... be used as a tool for epigenetic genome editing, i.e., methods that target gene expression without altering the DNA sequence.

The work appeared in New Phytologist. Gene editing tools like CRISPR are revolutionizing plant science by allowing precise and targeted improvements to plant traits, such as wood quality ...