Plant Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology: Following Mariotti's Steps [PDF]
This review is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Domenico Mariotti, who significantly contributed to establishing the Italian research community in Agricultural Genetics and carried out the first experiments of Agrobacterium-mediated plant genetic ...
Caretto, Sofia+11 more
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First Steps towards Underdominant Genetic Transformation of Insect Populations [PDF]
The idea of introducing genetic modifications into wild populations of insects to stop them from spreading diseases is more than 40 years old. Synthetic disease refractory genes have been successfully generated for mosquito vectors of dengue fever and ...
AG Clark+42 more
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Technological Development and Application of Plant Genetic Transformation. [PDF]
Genetic transformation is an important strategy for enhancing plant biomass or resistance in response to adverse environments and population growth by imparting desirable genetic characteristics.
Su W, Xu M, Radani Y, Yang L.
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Increasing of Amylopectin in Tetraploid Potato Desiree Cultivar (Solanum tuberosum L.) Via CRISPR/Cas9 [PDF]
Potato tuber starch characteristic is influenced by the ratio of amylose to amylopectin, which is affected by the granule-bound starch synthase (GBSS) gene.
Nermin Ali+5 more
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Decreasing of Monosaccharide Contents Resulted From Cold- Induced Sweetening in Tetraploid Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Using Genome Editing [PDF]
Worldwide, potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the most essential agro-economically food crops. To ensure its presence throughout the year for food processors and to extend its shelf life, it should be stored in cold temperatures.
Sally Hassan+5 more
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The gene TaWOX5 overcomes genotype dependency in wheat genetic transformation
Although great progress has been achieved regarding wheat genetic transformation technology in the past decade1–3, genotype dependency, the most impactful factor in wheat genetic transformation, currently limits the capacity for wheat improvement by ...
Ke Wang+11 more
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Progress in Soybean Genetic Transformation Over the Last Decade
Soybean is one of the important food, feed, and biofuel crops in the world. Soybean genome modification by genetic transformation has been carried out for trait improvement for more than 4 decades.
Hu Xu, Yong Guo, L. Qiu, Y. Ran
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Highly efficient hairy root genetic transformation and applications in citrus
Highly efficient genetic transformation technology is greatly beneficial for crop gene function analysis and precision breeding. However, the most commonly used genetic transformation technology for woody plants, mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens, is
Haijie Ma+13 more
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Genetic Transformation of Sugarcane, Current Status and Future Prospects
Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is a tropical and sub-tropical, vegetative-propagated crop that contributes to approximately 80% of the sugar and 40% of the world’s biofuel production. Modern sugarcane cultivars are highly polyploid and aneuploid hybrids with
F. Budeguer+6 more
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Chloroplasts have evolved from photosynthetic cyanobacteria-like progenitors through endosymbiosis. The chloroplasts of present-day land plants have their own transcription and translation systems that show several similarities with prokaryotic organisms.
Leelavathi Sadhu+9 more
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