Natural and induced epigenetic variation for crop improvement

M Lieberman-Lazarovich, E Kaiserli, E Bucher… - Current Opinion in Plant …, 2022 - Elsevier
Maintaining global food security is a major challenge that requires novel strategies for crop
improvement. Epigenetic regulation of plant responses to adverse environmental conditions …

Will epigenetics be a key player in crop breeding?

K Tonosaki, R Fujimoto, ES Dennis, V Raboy… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
If food and feed production are to keep up with world demand in the face of climate change,
continued progress in understanding and utilizing both genetic and epigenetic sources of …

The role of histone acetylation in transcriptional regulation and seed development

Y Chen, P Guo, Z Dong - Plant Physiology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Histone acetylation is highly conserved across eukaryotes and has been linked to gene
activation since its discovery nearly 60 years ago. Over the past decades, histone …

Epigenetic changes occurring in plant inbreeding

M Achrem, E Stępień, A Kalinka - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Inbreeding is the crossing of closely related individuals in nature or a plantation or self-
pollinating plants, which produces plants with high homozygosity. This process can reduce …

Tools and Techniques to Accelerate Crop Breeding

K Williams, M Subramani, LW Lofton, M Penney… - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
As climate changes and a growing global population continue to escalate the need for
greater production capabilities of food crops, technological advances in agricultural and …

Advancements in genetic techniques and functional genomics for enhancing crop traits and agricultural sustainability

S Kumar, A Singh, CMS Bist… - Briefings in Functional …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Genetic variability is essential for the development of new crop varieties with economically
beneficial traits. The traits can be inherited from wild relatives or induced through …