Accelerating the domestication of new crops: feasibility and approaches

JT Østerberg, W Xiang, LI Olsen, AK Edenbrandt… - Trends in Plant …, 2017 - cell.com
The domestication of new crops would promote agricultural diversity and could provide a
solution to many of the problems associated with intensive agriculture. We suggest here that …

Stimulation of ambient energy generated electric field on crop plant growth

X Li, J Luo, K Han, X Shi, Z Ren, Y Xi, Y Ying, J Ping… - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
Eco-friendly technologies are of great significance to agricultural sustainability due to the
environmental damage caused by agricultural activities. Here, we report a wind and rain …

Challenges and opportunities for improving food quality and nutrition through plant biotechnology

D Francis, JJ Finer, E Grotewold - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Plant biotechnology has been around since the beginning of
humankind.•Genome editing technologies complement and enhance breeding and …

The future of digital sequence information for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

S Aubry - Frontiers in plant science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The recent debates on the legal status of “digital sequence information”(DSI) at the
international level could have extensive consequences for the future of agriculture and food …

Zeolitic Imidazolate‐Framework‐Engineered Heterointerface Catalysis for the Construction of Plant‐Wearable Sensors

X Yan, Y Ma, Y Lu, C Su, X Liu, H Li, G Lu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Plant‐wearable sensors provide real‐time information that enables pesticide inputs to be
finely tuned and play critical roles in precision agriculture. However, tracking pesticide …

Non‐Mendelian single‐nucleotide polymorphism inheritance and atypical meiotic configurations are prevalent in hop

D Zhang, KA Easterling, NJ Pitra, MC Coles… - The plant …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Hop (Humulus lupulus L.) breeding programs seek to exploit genetic resources for bitter
flavor, aroma, and disease resistance. However, these efforts have been thwarted by …

Why organic farming should embrace co-existence with cisgenic late blight–resistant potato

G Gheysen, R Custers - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
The EU regulation on organic farming does not allow the use of genetically modified
organisms (GMOs) which are subject to Directive 2001/18/EC. Mutagenesis using irradiation …

Inheritance of steroidal glycoalkaloids in potato tuber flesh

P Zhen, W Pei, T Die, Y Shang, CH Li… - Journal of Integrative …, 2019 - Elsevier
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the third most important food crop worldwide after wheat
and rice in terms of human consumption. A critical domestication trait for potato was the …

[HTML][HTML] Galvanic Janus paper: A sustainable electrochemical approach for enhanced crop germination and growth

J Kim, KH Lee, CD Wee, S Chae - Smart Agricultural Technology, 2025 - Elsevier
New farming methods are needed to boost crop productivity in an environmentally friendly
and sustainable way. One promising solution is the use of electrical stimulation, known as …

ÍNDICES DE QUALIDADE NUTRICIONAL COMO CRITÉRIO DE SELEÇÃO NO MELHORAMENTO DE FORRAGEIRAS

D Vilela, LL de Matos… - Revista …, 2024 - ojs.revistacontemporanea.com
Os critérios de seleção para plantas forrageiras são mais complexos do que os aplicados
em culturas convencionais como arroz ou milho, porque não envolve apenas a produção …