Chitinases are present in diverse form of organisms from bacteria, fungi, insects, plants.
Plant chitinases are part of pathogenesis-related proteins. When plant (host) cells are under …

Jasmonic acid (JA) and its derivatives, all named jasmonates, are the simplest
phytohormones which regulate multifarious plant physiological processes including …

Mycoviruses are viruses that infect fungi, and hypovirulence-associated mycoviruses have
the potential to control fungal diseases. However, it is unclear how mycovirus-mediated …

Targeted genome editing is a desirable means of basic science and crop improvement. The
clustered, regularly interspaced, palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/Cas9 (CRISPR-associated 9) …

The plant immune system has been explored essentially through the study of qualitative
resistance, a simple form of immunity, and from a reductionist point of view. The recent …

Brassica napus is an economically important crop across different continents including
temperate and subtropical regions in Europe, Canada, South Asia, China and Australia. Its …

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causes severe yield and economic losses for many crop and
vegetable species, especially Brassica napus. To date, no immune B. napus germplasm has …

Background Allopolyploids require rapid genetic and epigenetic modifications to reconcile
two or more sets of divergent genomes. To better understand the fate of duplicate genes …

Brassica species include many economically important crops that provide nutrition and
health-promoting substances to humans worldwide. However, as with all crops, their …

With the expansion of the area under Cruciferae vegetable cultivation, and an increase in
the incidence of natural threats such as pests and diseases globally, Cruciferae vegetable …