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Experimental Interspecific Hybrids in Nicotiana and Barriers to Hybridization
The history of interspecific hybridization in Nicotiana is reviewed, starting with the work of Koelreuter who in the eighteenth century produced a...
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A Century of Interspecific Hybridization and Introgression in Tobacco
This is the first comprehensive monograph dedicated to using Nicotiana species for tobacco genetic improvement. Unlike typical chapters constrained...
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The hybrid lethality of interspecific F1 hybrids of Nicotiana: a clue to understanding hybrid inviability—a major obstacle to wide hybridization and introgression breeding of plants
Reproductive isolation poses a major obstacle to wide hybridization and introgression breeding of plants. Hybrid inviability in the postzygotic...
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Experimental Introgression from Nicotiana Species to Cultivated Tobacco
A number of breeding goals and strategies involving the use of different Nicotiana species can be envisaged. Yet it is only breeding for resistance...
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Identification and editing of a hybrid lethality gene expands the range of interspecific hybridization potential in Nicotiana
Key messageIdentification and inactivation of hybrid lethality genes can be used to expand the available gene pool for improvement of a cultivated...
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The Use of Nicotiana Species in Tobacco Improvement
There are more than 80 naturally occurring relatives of cultivated tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) in the genus Nicotiana. In this review, we examine...
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Biofortification of Legume Hybrids Obtained Through Intergeneric Hybridization
Agricultural biotechnology has allowed scientists to introduce novel features into commonly consumed staple crops to enhance their productivity. One...
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Targeted knockout of a conserved plant mitochondrial gene by genome editing
Fusion proteins derived from transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) have emerged as genome editing tools for mitochondria. TALE nucleases...
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CENH3 mediated haploid induction: application and future perspectives in crop plants
True homozygous pure lines are required for the development of new crop varieties. In conventional as well as molecular breeding strategies, it...
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Screening and Analysis of Pollen Tube Mutations
Although the cytology of the cellular aspects of male gametophytic development has been very well described for several species, molecular...
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Nicotiana suaveolens accessions with different ploidy levels exhibit different reproductive isolation mechanisms in interspecific crosses with Nicotiana tabacum
Reproductive isolation, including prezygotic and postzygotic barriers, is a mechanism that separates species. Many species in the Nicotiana section Suaveolentes...
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Abiotic Stress Resistance in Tobacco: Advances and Strategies
Tobacco is a commercial crop cultivated globally in about 3.62 million hectares mainly in semi-arid and rain-fed areas. The crop is often confronted...
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Tools and Techniques Used in Plant Molecular Farming
Plant molecular farming uses a range of plant systems for the generation of important and effective recombinant proteins. There are several...
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ARGONAUTE 1: a node coordinating plant disease resistance with growth and development
Argonaute (AGO) proteins are highly conserved and widely distributed across various organisms. They mainly associate with small RNAs (sRNAs) and act...
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Molecular Approaches
The threats posed by deadly biological weapons, viz. insects and pests, are now easily combated by the use of latest technologies available in the...
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Background and History of Tobacco Genome Resources
Nicotiana species, which share significant similarities with tomato, potato, eggplant, and pepper, originated in South America and subsequently...
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Architecture and composition of plant nucleopore complexes, comparisons with putative homologs across kingdoms
Nucleopore Complexes are intricate protein assemblies composed of diverse nucleoporins, which serve as crucial mediators for the bidirectional...
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A critical role of PvFtsH2 in the degradation of photodamaged D1 protein in common bean
Light is required for initiating chloroplast biogenesis and photosynthesis; however, the photosystem II reaction center (PSII RC) can be...
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Recent Trends in Plant- and Microbe-Based Biopesticide for Sustainable Crop Production and Environmental Security
The impact of increasing human population, rising food demand, and adverse effects of climate change, viz., changing rainfall pattern, rising...
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Designing Tobacco Genomes for Resistance to Biotic Stresses
Tobacco is one of the important commercial crops in the world and is cultivated in more than 120 countries. Various biotic stresses viz. pests,...