A decade ago, the value of Nicotiana benthamiana as a tool for plant molecular biologists
was beginning to be appreciated. Scientists were using it to study plant-microbe and protein …

Agricultural production faces a Herculean challenge to feed the increasing global
population. Food production systems need to deliver more with finite land and water …

Meeting the increasing food and energy demands of a growing population will require the
development of ground-breaking strategies that promote sustainable plant production. Host …

Genetically Modified Organism-Free RNA Interference: Exogenous Application of RNA Molecules
in Plants1 [OPEN] | Plant Physiology | Oxford Academic Skip to Main Content Advertisement …

In this article, we review environmentally mediated epigenetic regulation in plants using two
case histories. One of these, vernalization, mediates adaptation of plants to different …

There is currently substantial interest in utilizing eukaryotic algae for the renewable
production of several bioenergy carriers, including starches for alcohols, lipids for diesel fuel …

Gene silencing is a negative feedback mechanism that regulates gene expression to define
cell fate and also regulates metabolism and gene expression throughout the life of an …

Over the last two decades, significant advances have been made using genetic engineering
technology to modify genes from various exotic origins and introduce them into plants to …

Understanding the fundamental nature of a molecular process or a biological pathway is
often a catalyst for the development of new technologies in biology. Indeed, studies from late …

Recent advances in plant genomics and molecular biology have revolutionized our
understanding of plant genetics, providing new opportunities for more efficient and …