Bacterial diseases are a constant threat to crop production globally. Current management
strategies rely on an array of tactics, including improved cultural practices; application of …

Plants rely on multiple immune systems to protect themselves from pathogens. When pattern-
triggered immunity (PTI)—the first layer of the immune response—is no longer effective as a …

Anthocyanins are plant secondary metabolites that have a variety of biological functions,
including pigmentation. The accumulation of anthocyanins is regulated by both …

Crossbreeding, mutation breeding, and traditional transgenic breeding take much time to
improve desirable characters/traits. CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome editing (GE) is a game …

Breeding has been used successfully for many years in the fruit industry, giving rise to most
of today's commercial fruit cultivars. More recently, new molecular breeding techniques have …

Firmness is one of the most important fruit quality traits in strawberries. The postharvest shelf
life of this soft fruit is highly limited by the loss of firmness, where cell wall disassembly plays …

Climate change, large monocultures of disease-susceptible cultivars, overuse of pesticides,
and the emergence of new pathogens or pathogenic strains causing economic losses are all …

Despite recent progress, the application of CRISPR/Cas9 in perennial plants still has many
obstacles to overcome. Our previous results with CRISPR/Cas9 in apple and pear indicated …

New plant breeding techniques (NPBTs) aim to overcome traditional breeding limits for fruit
tree species, in order to obtain new varieties with improved organoleptic traits and …

The application of New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) in Vitis vinifera is highly desirable to
introduce valuable traits while preserving the genotype of the elite cultivars. However, a …