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Bulked Segregant RNA Sequencing (BSR-Seq) Combined with SNP Genoty** Towards Map** and Characterization of a Purple Blotch Resistance Gene in Onion (Allium cepa L.)
The pathogenic fungus, Alternaria porri (Ellis) Cifferi, that causes purple blotch (PB) disease, is a major constraint to production of onion and allied crops worldwide. In the present study, bulk segregant RNA s...
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Targeted Gene Replacement in Plants Using CRISPR-Cas Technology
The CRISPR-Cas based genome editing systems have been widely used in plant functional genomics research and crop improvement due to its simplicity, high efficiency and specificity. For example, the CRISPR-Cas9...
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MicroRNA-Mediated Insect Resistance in Field Crops
MicroRNA (miRNA)-mediated regulation of cell growth and development, gene translational repression, and stress responses have been extensively evaluated over the last two decades. Recent evidences indicate tha...
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Expanding the Scope of Base Editing in Crops Using Cas9 Variants
Genome editing technologies hold tremendous possibilities towards crop improvement and food security for the future. Among others, base editors have developed as novel editing platforms that facilitates specif...
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Genome Editing Is Revolutionizing Crop Improvement
The ever-increasing human population together with emerging environmental cues from climate change demand for novel innovations in plant breeding and agriculture. Targeted genome editing technologies especiall...
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Genome Editing Toward Rice Improvement
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) serves as the major food source feeding half of the world’s population. In the past century, the pedigree-based conventional, radiation-based mutational and DNA marker-based molecular breed...
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Marker Based Estimation of Gene Flow in Tropical Rice Fields and Its Ecological Consequences
Pollen mediated gene flow is the most widely debated biosafety issue in case of genetically modified crop plants and is a primary determining factor for permitting their field release, particularly major food ...