Synthetic biology is here to stay and will transform agriculture if given the chance. The huge
challenges facing food, fuel and chemical production make it vital to give synthetic biology …

Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is a tropical and sub-tropical, vegetative-propagated crop that
contributes to approximately 80% of the sugar and 40% of the world's biofuel production …

Plant transformation remains the most sought-after technology for functional genomics and
crop genetic improvement, especially for introducing specific new traits and to modify or …

The development and improvement of molecular biology methods have led to the creation of
new technologies that make it possible to modify plant genomes by transferring and …

Plant lignocellulosic biomass, mostly composed of polysaccharide-rich secondary cell walls
(SCWs), provides fermentable sugars that may be used to produce biofuels and …

The sugarcane woolly aphid is one of the main pests of sugarcane worldwide. The Pinellia
pedatisecta agglutinin (PPA) gene has been demonstrated to function towards aphid …

In synthetic biology, genetic components are assembled to make transcriptional units, and
transcriptional units are assembled into circuits to perform specific and predictable functions …

During the process of genetic transformation of crop plants with the desired transgene (s),
certain selectable marker gene (s) are also employed for the selection of transgenic events …

Sugarcane is an important worldwide cash crop used for both sugar and ethanol production.
Improvement of sugarcane through conventional breeding practices has been limited by its …

Selectable markers help the transformed cell/tissue to survive in an otherwise lethal
exposure to an antibiotic or herbicide. Unfortunately, almost all the traditional selectable …