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Open AccessEmerging microalgal feed additives for ruminant production and sustainability
The global demand for animal-derived foods has led to a substantial expansion in ruminant production, which has raised concerns regarding methane emissions. To address these challenges, microalgal species that...
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Eliciting Targeted Mutations in Medicago sativa Using CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing: A Potential Tool for the Improvement of Disease Resistance
CRISPR/Cas9 (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated protein 9) has become a breeding tool of choice for eliciting targeted genetic alterations in crop species as a means of...
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CW198 acts as a genetic insulator to block enhancer-promoter interaction in plants
Insulators in vertebrates play a role in genome architecture and orchestrate temporo-spatial enhancer-promoter interactions. In plants, insulators and their associated binding factors have not been documented ...
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The effect of AINTEGUMENTA-LIKE 7 over-expression on seed fatty acid biosynthesis, storage oil accumulation and the transcriptome in Arabidopsis thaliana
AIL7 over-expression modulates fatty acid biosynthesis and triacylglycerol accumulation in Arabidopsis develo** seeds through the transcriptional regulation of associated genes.
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Seed-specific down-regulation of Arabidopsis CELLULOSE SYNTHASE 1 or 9 reduces seed cellulose content and differentially affects carbon partitioning
Seed-specific down-regulation of AtCESA1 and AtCESA9, which encode cellulose synthase subunits, differentially affects seed storage compound accumulation in Arabidopsis.
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Castor patatin-like phospholipase A IIIβ facilitates removal of hydroxy fatty acids from phosphatidylcholine in transgenic Arabidopsis seeds
Castor patatin-like phospholipase A IIIβ facilitates the exclusion of hydroxy fatty acids from phosphatidylcholine in develo** transgenic Arabidopsis seeds.
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Biotechnological strategies for improved photosynthesis in a future of elevated atmospheric CO2
The improvement of photosynthesis using biotechnological approaches has been the focus of much research. It is now vital that these strategies be assessed under future atmospheric conditions.
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Bioactivity and biotechnological production of punicic acid
Punicic acid (PuA; 18: 3Δ 9cis,11trans,13cis ) is an unusual 18-carbon fatty acid bearing three conjugated double bonds. It has been shown to exhibit a myriad of beneficial bioac...
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Building a Case for Plant Bioproducts
Global carbon emissions associated with fossil fuel dependence are increasing steadily and are a major root cause of climate change. In order to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, there is an imminent need t...
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Introduction to Plant Biomolecules and Cellular Metabolism
Lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins represent the major starting materials for the production of various bioproducts in plants. These organic compounds contain carbon atoms that share electrons with hydrogen a...
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An Integrated Approach to Plant Bioproduct Production
The area of plant bioproducts comprises several interdependent and allied disciplines, including plant biochemistry and physiology, plant breeding, agronomy, engineering, biotechnology, biorefining, and the so...
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Production of Other Bioproducts from Plant Oils
Plant oils have many additional applications other than biofuel. Potential industrial applications of plant lipids include the production of lubricants, solvents, surfactants, bioplastics, and rubber. There ha...
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Biomass-Derived Building Block Chemicals
The chemical industry is currently based on simple molecules derived from petroleum. These simple molecules, called building block chemicals, can also be produced from plant biomass. Building block chemicals c...
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Production of Biodiesel from Plant Oils
Biodiesel is composed of alkyl esters of vegetable oil or animal fat and is produced primarily through a process known as transesterification. The functional properties of biodiesel are determined by the compo...
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Open AccessHeterologous expression of flax PHOSPHOLIPID:DIACYLGLYCEROL CHOLINEPHOSPHOTRANSFERASE (PDCT) increases polyunsaturated fatty acid content in yeast and Arabidopsis seeds
Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) is an agriculturally important crop with seed oil enriched in α-linolenic acid (18:3 cisΔ9, 12, 15; ALA). This polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) is the major det...
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Open AccessGibberellin-induced changes in the transcriptome of grapevine (Vitis labrusca × V. vinifera) cv. Kyoho flowers
Gibberellins are well known for their growth control function in flower, fruit and seed development, and as such, exogenous gibberellic acid (GA) application plays an important role in viticulture. Unfortunate...
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The grape VvMBF1 gene improves drought stress tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana
Multiprotein bridging factor 1 (MBF1) is an evolutionarily conserved transcriptional co-activator in archaea and eukaryotes that has been demonstrated previously to play an important role in various types of ...
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Open AccessDevelopment and characterization of low α-linolenic acid Brassica oleracea lines bearing a novel mutation in a ‘class a’ FATTY ACID DESATURASE 3gene
Traditional canola (Brassica napus L.; AACC, 2n = 38) cultivars yield seed oil with a relatively high proportion of α-linolenic acid (ALA; C18:3cisΔ9,12,15), which is desirable from a health perspective. Unfortun...
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Two tobacco AP1-like gene promoters drive highly specific, tightly regulated and unique expression patterns during floral transition, initiation and development
The genetic engineering of agronomic traits requires an array of highly specific and tightly regulated promoters that drive expression in floral tissues. In this study, we isolated and characterized two tobacco A...
