We propose a conceptual framework for restoration of threatened plant species that
encourages integration of technological, ecological, and social spheres. A sphere …

Germin and germin-like proteins (GLPs) are encoded by a family of genes found in all
plants. They are part of the cupin superfamily of biochemically diverse proteins, a …

An invasive fungal pathogen has reduced the American chestnut (Castanea dentata), once
a keystone tree species within its natural range in the eastern United States and Canada, to …

Genetic engineering of trees to improve productivity, wood quality, and resistance to biotic
and abiotic stresses has been the primary goal of the forest biotechnology community for …

American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was transformed with a wheat oxalate oxidase (oxo)
gene in an effort to degrade the oxalic acid (OA) secreted by the fungus Cryphonectria …

Rice sheath blight, caused by the necrotrophic fungus R hizoctonia solani, is one of the most
devastating and intractable diseases of rice, leading to a significant reduction in rice …

Forests are vital to the world's ecological, social, cultural and economic well‐being yet
sustainable provision of goods and services from forests is increasingly challenged by …

The new sequencing technologies are already making a big impact in academic research
on medically important microbes and may soon revolutionize diagnostics, epidemiology …

The important role of germins (GER) and genes coding for germin-like proteins (GLP) in
responses against various stresses in both homologous and heterologous systems is well …

Oxalacetate acetylhydrolase (OAH), a member of the phosphoenolpyruvate
mutase/isocitrate lyase superfamily, catalyzes the hydrolysis of oxalacetate to oxalic acid …