16 Result(s)

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A Case Study from the Overexpression of OsTZF5, Encoding a CCCH Tandem Zinc Finger Protein, in Rice Plants Across Nineteen Yield Trials

Development of transgenic rice overexpressing transcription factors involved in drought response has been previously reported to confer drought tolerance and therefore represents a means of crop improvement. W...

Alexandre Grondin, Mignon A. Natividad, Takuya Ogata, Asad Jan, Amélie C. M. Gaudin… in Rice (2024)

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Proof of concept and early development stage of market-oriented high iron and zinc rice expressing dicot ferritin and rice nicotianamine synthase genes

Micronutrient deficiencies such as iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), and vitamin A, constitute a severe global public health phenomenon. Over half of preschool children and two-thirds of nonpregnant women of reproductive ...

Nikolaos Tsakirpaloglou, Gela Myan Bueno-Mota… in Scientific Reports (2023)

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Genome-edited crops for improved food security of smallholder farmers

Widespread enthusiasm about potential contributions of genome-edited crops to address climate change, food security, nutrition and health, environmental sustainability and diversification of agriculture is dam...

Kevin V. Pixley, Jose B. Falck-Zepeda, Robert L. Paarlberg… in Nature Genetics (2022)

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Preface: Genome editing in plants

Paul Christou, Amit Dhingra, Inez H. Slamet-Loedin… in Transgenic Research (2021)

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Genome editing in cereal crops: an overview

Genome-editing technologies offer unprecedented opportunities for crop improvement with superior precision and speed. This review presents an analysis of the current state of genome editing in the major cereal...

Jerlie Mhay Matres, Julia Hilscher, Akash Datta… in Transgenic Research (2021)

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Broad-spectrum resistance to bacterial blight in rice using genome editing

Bacterial blight of rice is an important disease in Asia and Africa. The pathogen, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), secretes one or more of six known transcription-activator-like effectors (TALes) that bind s...

Ricardo Oliva, Chonghui Ji, Genelou Atienza-Grande… in Nature Biotechnology (2019)

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Advances in breeding for high grain Zinc in Rice

Zinc (Zn) is one of the most essential micronutrients required for the growth and development of human beings. More than one billion people, particularly children and pregnant women suffer from Zn deficiency r...

B. P. Mallikarjuna Swamy, Mohammad Akhlasur Rahman, Mary Ann Inabangan-Asilo… in Rice (2016)

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Biofortified indica rice attains iron and zinc nutrition dietary targets in the field

More than two billion people are micronutrient deficient. Polished grains of popular rice varieties have concentration of approximately 2 μg g⁻¹ iron (Fe) and 16 μg g⁻¹zinc (Zn). The HarvestPlus breeding program...

Kurniawan R. Trijatmiko, Conrado Dueñas, Nikolaos Tsakirpaloglou… in Scientific Reports (2016)

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Large-scale production and evaluation of marker-free indica rice IR64 expressing phytoferritin genes

Biofortification of rice (Oryza sativa L.) using a transgenic approach to increase the amount of iron in the grain is proposed as a low-cost, reliable, and sustainable solution to help develo** countries combat...

Norman Oliva, Prabhjit Chadha-Mohanty, Susanna Poletti, Editha Abrigo… in Molecular Breeding (2014)

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Evolution of GOLDEN2-LIKE gene function in C₃ and C₄ plants

A pair of GOLDEN2-LIKE transcription factors is required for normal chloroplast development in land plant species that encompass the range from bryophytes to angiosperms. In the C₄ plant maize, compartmentalized ...

Peng Wang, Jim Fouracre, Steven Kelly, Shanta Karki, Udo Gowik, Sylvain Aubry… in Planta (2013)