Elicitor and receptor molecules: orchestrators of plant defense and immunity

NA Abdul Malik, IS Kumar, K Nadarajah - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), microbe-associated molecular patterns
(MAMPs), herbivore-associated molecular patterns (HAMPs), and damage-associated …

CRISPR crops: plant genome editing toward disease resistance

T Langner, S Kamoun, K Belhaj - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Genome editing by sequence-specific nucleases (SSNs) has revolutionized biology by
enabling targeted modifications of genomes. Although routine plant genome editing …

Towards CRISPR/Cas crops–bringing together genomics and genome editing

A Scheben, F Wolter, J Batley, H Puchta… - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
With the rapid increase in the global population and the impact of climate change on
agriculture, there is a need for crops with higher yields and greater tolerance to abiotic …

Quantitative resistance to plant pathogens in pyramiding strategies for durable crop protection

ML Pilet-Nayel, B Moury, V Caffier, J Montarry… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Quantitative resistance has gained interest in plant breeding for pathogen control in low-
input cropping systems. Although quantitative resistance frequently has only a partial effect …

Plant NLRs: the whistleblowers of plant immunity

S van Wersch, L Tian, R Hoy, X Li - Plant Communications, 2020 - cell.com
The study of plant diseases is almost as old as agriculture itself. Advancements in molecular
biology have given us much more insight into the plant immune system and how it detects …

Genome editing in plants: an overview of tools and applications

VS Kamburova, EV Nikitina… - … Journal of Agronomy, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of genome manipulation methods promises a real revolution in
biotechnology and genetic engineering. Targeted editing of the genomes of living organisms …

Improving plant-resistance to insect-pests and pathogens: The new opportunities through targeted genome editing

DS Bisht, V Bhatia, R Bhattacharya - Seminars in cell & developmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
The advantages of high input agriculture are fading away due to degenerating soil health
and adverse effects of climate change. Safeguarding crop yields in the changing …

Harnessing genome editing techniques to engineer disease resistance in plants

M Mushtaq, A Sakina, SH Wani, AB Shikari… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Modern genome editing (GE) techniques, which include clustered regularly interspaced
short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (CRISPR/Cas9) system …

CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing: an unexplored frontier for forest pathology

EN Dort, P Tanguay, RC Hamelin - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology has taken the scientific community by storm since its
development in 2012. First discovered in 1987, CRISPR/Cas systems act as an adaptive …

Genome editing using CRISPR/Cas9–targeted mutagenesis: An opportunity for yield improvements of crop plants grown under environmental stresses

M Abdelrahman, AM Al-Sadi… - Plant Physiology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Developing more crops able to sustainably produce high yields when grown under
biotic/abiotic stresses is an important goal, if crop production and food security are to be …