Programmable nucleases—including zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs), transcription activator-
like effector nucleases (TALENs) and RNA-guided engineered nucleases (RGENs) derived …

To improve food security, plant biology research aims to improve crop yield and tolerance to
biotic and abiotic stress, as well as increasing the nutrient contents of food. Conventional …

Targeted genomic regulation is a powerful approach to accelerate trait discovery and
development in agricultural biotechnology. Bacteria and archaea use clustered regularly …

Pathogenicity of most Gram-negative plant-pathogenic bacteria depends on the type III
secretion (T3S) system, which translocates bacterial effector proteins into plant cells. Type III …

R alstonia solanacearum is a soil‐borne bacterium causing the widespread disease known
as bacterial wilt. R alstonia solanacearum is also the causal agent of M oko disease of …

Phytopathogens translocate effector proteins into plant cells where they sabotage the host
cellular machinery to promote infection. An individual pathogen can translocate numerous …

The application of small amounts of natural plant growth hormones, such as gibberellins
(GAs), can increase the productivity and quality of many vegetable and fruit crops. However …

The ability to precisely modify genome sequence and regulate gene expression patterns in
a site‐specific manner holds much promise in plant biotechnology. Genome‐engineering …

Genome editing is the practice of making predetermined and precise changes to a genome
by controlling the location of DNA DSBs (double-strand breaks) and manipulating the cell's …

Molecular scissors engineered for site-specific modification of the genome hold great
promise for effective functional analyses of genes, genomes and epigenomes and could …