The oleaginous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides is an unconventional yeast species that
can accumulate a high content of lipids. Because it belongs to the basidiomycetous group of …

Background Cereal crops are the major targets for transformation mediated crop
improvement and IR36 is an early maturing, high yielding, insect and disease resistant rice …

Flower color is an important characteristic that determines the commercial value of
ornamental plants. The development of modern biotechnology methods such as genetic …

Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a genetic tool used to assess gene function. Tobacco
rattle virus (TRV) is a VIGS vector commonly used to induce endogenous gene silencing in …

Belladonna or deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna L.) is an important medicinal plant in
the family Solanaceae. It is a model plant for studying plant alkaloid biosynthesis. In this …

The plant kingdom is one of the earth's prime life-supporting systems. In addition to the
apparent nutritional benefits, the therapeutic attributes of plants have been established since …

Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX) is the only known enzyme involved in cytokinin
catabolism. Genes coding for two Arabidopsis CKX isoforms, AtCKX1 and AtCKX2, were …

Hemidesmus indicus LR Br. is a rare and endangered plant exhibits potent medicinal
properties explored for the presence of flavoring compound in the roots namely 2-hydroxy-4 …

Crambe abyssinica is a dedicated oilseed crop suitable for production of industrial
feedstocks. Genetic modification of crambe has progressed substantially in the last few …

Macleaya cordata is an important medicinal plant to produced benzylisoquinoline alkaloids
(BIAs) such as sanguinarine (SAN), Berberine (BBR). This study was aimed at improving the …