Current Advancements and Limitations of Gene Editing in Orphan Crops [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Gene editing provides precise, heritable genome mutagenesis without permanent transgenesis, and has been widely demonstrated and applied in planta. In the past decade, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated ...
Matthew Venezia, Kate M. Creasey Krainer
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Orphan Crops: A Best Fit for Dietary Enrichment and Diversification in Highly Deteriorated Marginal Environments [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Orphan crops are indigenous and invariably grown by small and marginal farmers under subsistence farming systems. These crops, which are common and widely accepted by local farmers, are highly rich in nutritional profile, good for medicinal purposes, and
Rakesh Kumar Singh +2 more
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African Orphan Crops under Abiotic Stresses: Challenges and Opportunities [PDF]
Scientifica, 2018 A changing climate, a growing world population, and a reduction in arable land devoted to food production are all problems facing the world food security.
Zerihun Tadele
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Research and developmental strategies to hasten the improvement of orphan crops [PDF]
GM Crops and FoodTo feed the world’s expanding population, crop breeders need to increase agricultural productivity and expand major crops base. Orphan crops are indigenously important crops with great potential because they are climate resilient, highly nutritious ...
Rajneesh Paliwal +2 more
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Orphan Crops Browser: a bridge between model and orphan crops [PDF]
Molecular Breeding, 2016 Many important crops have received little attention by the scientific community, either because they are not considered economically important or due to their large and complex genomes.
Oene Dolstra +2 more
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Editorial: Orphan crops: breeding and biotechnology for sustainable agriculture, food and nutrition [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 Rita Mumm +2 more
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Integrating genomics and genome editing for orphan crop improvement: a bridge between orphan crops and modern agriculture system [PDF]
GM Crops & Food, 2023 Domestication of orphan crops could be explored by editing their genomes. Genome editing has a lot of promise for enhancing agricultural output, and there is a lot of interest in furthering breeding in orphan crops, which are sometimes plagued with ...
Huwaida Yaqoob +8 more
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Opportunities for Orphan Crops: Expected Economic Benefits From Biotechnology [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 An enabling, evidence-based decision-making framework is critical to support agricultural biotechnology innovation, and to ensure farmers’ access to genetically modified (GM) crops, including orphan crop varieties. A key element, and often a challenge in
Patricia Zambrano +9 more
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Orphan crops: their importance and the urgency of improvement [PDF]
Planta, 2019 Food security is the main challenge in the developing world, particularly in the least developed countries. Orphan crops play a vital role in the food security and livelihood of resource-poor farmers and consumers in these countries.
Zerihun Tadele
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Orphan Crops: Their Role in Food and Nutrition Security [PDF]
, 2023 Orphan crops are crops with little significance at the global scale but play vital role in the food and nutrition security in the developing world. The term “orphan” refers to the neglect of the crop by the international research community.
Zerihun Tadele
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