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Transgenics and Crop Improvement
In develo** nations, where arable land per capita is declining but human and animal populations are constantly expanding, the key constraint for...
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Plant Growth-Promoting and Biocontrol Metabolites Produced by Endophytic Pseudomonas fluorescence
Plants are generally associated with diverse microorganisms in its whole parts. Endophytic organisms are those microorganisms that colonize the plant...
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Molecular and genetic insights into secondary metabolic regulation underlying insect-pest resistance in legumes
Insect pests pose a major threat to agricultural production, resulting in significant economic losses for countries. A high infestation of insects in...
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Endocytic Uptake of Nutrients, Cell Wall Molecules and Fluidized Cell Wall Portions into Heterotrophic Plant Cells
After arrival at the surface of heterotrophic cells, nutrients are taken up by these cells via endocytosis to sustain metabolic processes. Recent...
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Transgenic Plants and Its Role in Insect Control
The issue of food security has gained global significance in both political and social discourse due to a projected worldwide population increase by...
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Gasotransmitters and Omics for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants
Anthropogenic activities have exposed the plants to diverse types of abiotic stressors. These stressors restrict the plant growth and their...
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Direct and Indirect Defence Against Insects
To obtain nutrients from their hosts, insects feeding on plants use a variety of approaches. Instead of being submissive victims during such...
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Medicinal Plants Proteomics in Response to Abiotic Stresses
Medicinal plants are the richest sources of a diverse range of phytochemicals which can be validated for their efficacy to develop new therapeutic...
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Regulatory Genes in Development and Adaptation, and Their Utilization in Trait Improvement in Brassica juncea: Challenges and Opportunities
The transformational agenda of the United Nations (UN) on Sustainable Development recognizes the crucial role of agriculture in mitigation and...
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Overexpression of a novel F-box protein PsFFL1 from tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) confers drought tolerance in tobacco
Tree peony ( Paeonia suffruticosa ) is an important and famous horticultural plant with ornamental, edible, and medicinal values. Drought is one of the...
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Natural insecticidal proteins, the promising bio-control compounds for future crop protection
Insect predation problem in agriculture and forestry has challenged researchers worldwide to identify newer eco-friendly insecticides. Among them Bacil...
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Potential and Perspective of Plant Proteinase Inhibitor Genes in Genetic Improvement of Economically Important Crops
The importance of protease inhibitors has been realized as one of the important family of genes with inhibitory activity against devastating insect...
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Modulation of photosynthesis and other proteins during water–stress
Protein changes under drought or water stress conditions have been widely investigated. These investigations have given us enormous understanding of...
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Purple acid phosphatases: roles in phosphate utilization and new emerging functions
Plants strive for phosphorus (P), which is an essential mineral for their life. Since P availability is limiting in most of the world’s soils, plants...
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Functional Bph14 from Rathu Heenati promotes resistance to BPH at the early seedling stage of rice (Oryza sativa L.) as revealed by QTL-seq
Key messageA QTL associated with BPH resistance at the early seedling stage was identified on chromosome 3. Functional Bph14 in Rathu Heenati was...
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Host Plant Resistance
In agricultural crop production, the yield loss due to insect pest infestations is causing a major concern. Though the chemical method of pest...
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QTL map** and identification of genes associated with the resistance to Acanthoscelides obtectus in cultivated common bean using a high-density genetic linkage map
BackgroundCommon bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important agricultural product with large nutritional value, and the insect pest Acanthoscelides...
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Current achievements and future prospects of genetic engineering in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czern & Coss.)
Main conclusionTransgenic technology in Indian mustard has expedited crop improvement programs. Further, there is a need to optimize gene editing...
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Heat shock transcription factor (Hsf) gene family in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris): genome-wide identification, phylogeny, evolutionary expansion and expression analyses at the sprout stage under abiotic stress
BackgroundCommon bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris ) is an essential crop with high economic value. The growth of this plant is sensitive to environmental...
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Over-expression of PR proteins with chitinase activity in transgenic plants for alleviation of fungal pathogenesis
Exposure to various biotic or abiotic stresses in plants leads to accumulation of ‘‘pathogenesis-related proteins’’ (PRs), that are grouped into...
