Specific cysteine protease inhibitors act as deterrents of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), in transgenic potato.

abstract：:Protein microbicides containing neutralizing antibodies and antiviral lectins may help to reduce the rate of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) if it is possible to manufacture the components in large quantities at a cost affordable in HIV-endemic regions such as sub-Saharan Africa. We expressed the ant...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Vamvaka E,Arcalis E,Ramessar K,Evans A,O'Keefe BR,Shattock RJ,Medina V,Stöger E,Christou P,Capell T

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor-like kinases (RLKs) are important components of plant innate immunity. Although recent studies have revealed that the RLK suppressor of BIR1-1 (SOBIR1) can interact with multiple receptor-like proteins and is required for resistance against fungal pathogens, how the signal is transduced and triggers immune re...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Zhou Y,Sun L,Wassan GM,He X,Shaban M,Zhang L,Zhu L,Zhang X

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cooking quality of rice is associated with the starch gelatinization temperature (GT). Rice genotypes with low GT have probably been selected for their cooking quality by humans during domestication. We now report polymorphisms in starch synthase IIa (SSIIa) that explain the variation in rice starch GT. Sequence a...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Waters DL,Henry RJ,Reinke RF,Fitzgerald MA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of industrial enzymes in transgenic plants offers an alternative system to fungal fermentation for large-scale production. Very high levels of expression are required to make the enzymes cost-effective. We tested several parameters to determine the best method for achieving high levels of expression for a f...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Hood EE,Bailey MR,Beifuss K,Magallanes-Lundback M,Horn ME,Callaway E,Drees C,Delaney DE,Clough R,Howard JA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dual-marker plasmid containing the selectable marker gene, manA, and the reporter gene, sgfp, was used to transform immature sorghum embryos by employing an Agrobacterium-mediated system. Both genes were under the control of the ubi1 promoter in a binary vector pPZP201. The Escherichia coli phosphomannose isomerase ...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Gao Z,Xie X,Ling Y,Muthukrishnan S,Liang GH

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an increasing number of genome sequences become available for a wide range of species, there is a growing understanding that the genome of a single individual is insufficient to represent the gene diversity within a whole species. Many studies examine the sequence diversity within genes, and this allelic variation ...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Golicz AA,Batley J,Edwards D

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spike lavender (Lavandula latifolia) essential oil is widely used in the perfume, cosmetic, flavouring and pharmaceutical industries. Thus, modifications of yield and composition of this essential oil by genetic engineering should have important scientific and commercial applications. We generated transgenic spike lav...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Muñoz-Bertomeu J,Sales E,Ros R,Arrillaga I,Segura J

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoids are widely distributed in plants and play important roles in human and animal health and nutrition. Model plants with discernible flavonoid phenotypes, such as Arabidopsis seed patterning lines, are valuable tools that can provide avenues for understanding flavonoid and proanthocyanidin accumulation pattern...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Gao P,Li X,Cui D,Wu L,Parkin I,Gruber MY

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drought is the major environmental factor limiting crop productivity worldwide. We hypothesized that it is possible to enhance drought tolerance by delaying stress-induced senescence through the stress-induced synthesis of cytokinins in crop-plants. We generated transgenic rice (Oryza sativa) plants expressing an isop...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Peleg Z,Reguera M,Tumimbang E,Walia H,Blumwald E

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a physiological role of heat-shock proteins (HSP) in antigen presentation and immune response activation has not been directly demonstrated, their use as vaccine components is under clinical trial. We have previously demonstrated that the structure of plant-derived HSP70 (pHSP70) can be superimposed to the ma...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Buriani G,Mancini C,Benvenuto E,Baschieri S

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of novel transgenic floricultural crops with altered petal properties requires transgenes that confer a useful trait and petal-specific promoters. Several promoters have been shown to control transgenes in petals. However, all suffer from inherent drawbacks such as low petal specificity and restricted activ...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Azuma M,Morimoto R,Hirose M,Morita Y,Hoshino A,Iida S,Oshima Y,Mitsuda N,Ohme-Takagi M,Shiratake K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic engineering with just a few genes has changed agriculture in the last 20 years. The most frequently used transgenes are the herbicide resistance genes for efficient weed control and the Bt toxin genes for insect resistance. The adoption of the first-generation genetically engineered crops has been very success...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Yu W,Yau YY,Birchler JA

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tissue-specific expression of transgenes is essential in plant breeding programmes to avoid the fitness costs caused by constitutive expression of a target gene. However, knowledge on the molecular mechanisms of tissue-specific gene expression and practicable tissue-specific promoters is limited. In this study, we...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Cai M,Wei J,Li X,Xu C,Wang S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considered responsible for one million deaths in Ireland and widespread famine in the European continent during the 1840s, late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans, remains the most devastating disease of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) with about 15%-30% annual yield loss in sub-Saharan Africa, affecting mainly sm...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Ghislain M,Byarugaba AA,Magembe E,Njoroge A,Rivera C,Román ML,Tovar JC,Gamboa S,Forbes GA,Kreuze JF,Barekye A,Kiggundu A

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we explore the intellectual property (IP) landscape relevant to the production and commercialization of Carolight(™) , a transgenic multivitamin corn variety created on humanitarian grounds to address micronutrient deficiencies in low-and-middle-income countries. The successful production of this vari...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Zanga D,Capell T,Zhu C,Christou P,Thangaraj H

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Downy mildew (Plasmopara halstedii (Farl.) Berlese et de Toni) is a serious foliar pathogen of cultivated sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Genetic resistance is conditioned by several linked downy mildew resistance gene specificities in the HaRGC1 cluster of TIR-NBS-LRR resistance gene candidates (RGCs) on linkage gr...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Slabaugh MB,Yu JK,Tang S,Heesacker A,Hu X,Lu G,Bidney D,Han F,Knapp SJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome modification by homology-directed repair (HDR) is an attractive tool for the controlled genetic manipulation of plants. Here, we report the HDR-mediated gene exchange of expression cassettes in tobacco BY-2 cells using a designed zinc finger nuclease (ZFN). The target contained a 7-kb fragment flanked by two ZF...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Schneider K,Schiermeyer A,Dolls A,Koch N,Herwartz D,Kirchhoff J,Fischer R,Russell SM,Cao Z,Corbin DR,Sastry-Dent L,Ainley WM,Webb SR,Schinkel H,Schillberg S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent report reviews and funding initiatives in the field of plant genomic research are considered in the context of their translation into practical and economic value via plant breeding. It is concluded that there is a deficit in investment and that a change in working styles towards knowledge sharing and connectiv...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Hughes S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unintended gene flow from transgenic plants via pollen, seed and vegetative propagation is a regulatory concern because of potential admixture in food and crop systems, as well as hybridization and introgression to wild and weedy relatives. Bioconfinement of transgenic pollen would help address some of these concerns ...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Millwood RJ,Moon HS,Poovaiah CR,Muthukumar B,Rice JH,Abercrombie JM,Abercrombie LL,Green WD,Stewart CN Jr

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Next-generation sequencing of complete genomes has given researchers unprecedented levels of information to study the multifaceted evolutionary changes that have shaped elite plant germplasm. In conjunction with population genetic analytical techniques and detailed online databases, we can more accurately capture the ...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Campbell BC,Gilding EK,Mace ES,Tai S,Tao Y,Prentis PJ,Thomelin P,Jordan DR,Godwin ID

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drought conditions limit agricultural production by preventing crops from reaching their genetically predetermined maximum yields. Here, we present the results of field evaluations of rice overexpressing OsNAC9, a member of the rice NAC domain family. Root-specific (RCc3) and constitutive (GOS2) promoters were used to...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Redillas MC,Jeong JS,Kim YS,Jung H,Bang SW,Choi YD,Ha SH,Reuzeau C,Kim JK

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sumoylation is a posttranslational regulatory process in higher eukaryotes modifying substrate proteins through conjugation of small ubiquitin-related modifiers (SUMOs). Sumoylation modulates protein stability, subcellular localization and activity; thus, it regulates most cellular functions including response to envi...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Li Z,Hu Q,Zhou M,Vandenbrink J,Li D,Menchyk N,Reighard S,Norris A,Liu H,Sun D,Luo H

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic improvement of fibre quality is one of the main breeding goals for the upland cotton, Gossypium hirsutum, but there are difficulties with precise selection of traits. Therefore, it is important to improve the understanding of the genetic basis of phenotypic variation. In this study, we conducted phenotyping an...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Sun Z,Wang X,Liu Z,Gu Q,Zhang Y,Li Z,Ke H,Yang J,Wu J,Wu L,Zhang G,Zhang C,Ma Z

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grain size and plant architecture are critical factors determining crop productivity. Here, we performed gene editing of the MIR396 gene family in rice and found that MIR396e and MIR396f are two important regulators of grain size and plant architecture. mir396ef mutations can increase grain yield by increasing grain s...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Miao C,Wang D,He R,Liu S,Zhu JK

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To infect plants, viruses rely heavily on their host's machinery. Plant genetic resistances based on host factor modifications can be found among existing natural variability and are widely used for some but not all crops. While biotechnology can supply for the lack of natural resistance alleles, new strategies need t...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Bastet A,Lederer B,Giovinazzo N,Arnoux X,German-Retana S,Reinbold C,Brault V,Garcia D,Djennane S,Gersch S,Lemaire O,Robaglia C,Gallois JL

更新日期：2018-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent developments of tools for targeted genome modification have led to new concepts in how multiple traits can be combined. Targeted genome modification is based on the use of nucleases with tailor-made specificities to introduce a DNA double-strand break (DSB) at specific target loci. A re-engineered meganuclease ...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： D'Halluin K,Vanderstraeten C,Van Hulle J,Rosolowska J,Van Den Brande I,Pennewaert A,D'Hont K,Bossut M,Jantz D,Ruiter R,Broadhvest J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lignocellulosic feedstocks can be converted to biofuels, which can conceivably replace a large fraction of fossil fuels currently used for transformation. However, lignin, a prominent constituent of secondary cell walls, is an impediment to the conversion of cell walls to fuel: the recalcitrance problem. Biomass pretr...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Poovaiah CR,Nageswara-Rao M,Soneji JR,Baxter HL,Stewart CN Jr

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of regulatory small RNAs (sRNAs) that down-regulate target genes through mRNA cleavage or translational inhibition. miRNA is known to play an important role in the root development and environmental responses in both the Arabidopsis and rice. However, little information is available to f...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Kong X,Zhang M,Xu X,Li X,Li C,Ding Z

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochrome-interacting factors (PIFs) play major roles in regulating plant growth and development, but their roles in drought stress remain elusive. Here, we cloned and characterized a maize (Zea mays) PIF transcription factor, ZmPIF1. The expression level of ZmPIF1 was significantly induced by independent drought an...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Gao Y,Wu M,Zhang M,Jiang W,Ren X,Liang E,Zhang D,Zhang C,Xiao N,Li Y,Dai Y,Chen J

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although much explored, oral tolerance for treatment of autoimmune diseases still awaits the establishment of novel and effective vectors. We investigated whether the tolerogenic CTA1(R7K)-COL-DD fusion protein can be expressed in edible plants, to induce oral tolerance and protect against arthritis. The fusion protei...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Hansson C,Schön K,Kalbina I,Strid Å,Andersson S,Bokarewa MI,Lycke NY

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00