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

Potatoes are a staple food for over 1.3 billion people. But despite their importance for global food security, breeding ...

By studying historical plant samples from the last few centuries, scientists can uncover clues about how plants respond at the molecular level to environmental pressures, offering valuable insights ...

As the global population grows, the demand for food and energy is increasing even as extreme weather events make crops more ...

cytosine deaminase, and uracil glycosylase inhibitor (to prevent uracil removal)—or ABE, which consists of nuclease-free Cas9 and adenosine deaminase, to the desired target sites in the plant genome.

This approach enhances genome-editing efficiency while minimizing toxicity and immune responses in plant cells. 6 Unlike traditional methods that rely on mechanical force or biological vectors, ...

We apply genomics, genetics, physiology and cell biology to understand the processes of plant genome dynamics, and exploit genome structural knowledge to develop tools and know-how for plant breeding.

Molecular, or DNA-based, markers have been increasingly important in plant breeding because of their phenotypic ... widespread elements in the genome. Most of these systems rely of PCR amplification, ...

A research team has decoded the genome of historic potato cultivars and used this resource to develop an efficient method for analysis of hundreds of additional potato genomes.