The cell size distribution of tomato fruit can be changed by overexpression of CDKA1.

abstract：:The root system is fundamental for plant development, is crucial for overall plant growth and is recently being recognized as the key for future crop productivity improvement. A major determinant of root system architecture is the initiation of lateral roots. While knowledge of the genetic and molecular mechanisms reg...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Jansen L,Hollunder J,Roberts I,Forestan C,Fonteyne P,Van Quickenborne C,Zhen RG,McKersie B,Parizot B,Beeckman T

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadmium (Cd) is a widespread soil contaminant threatening human health. As an ideal energy plant, sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) has great potential in phytoremediation of Cd-polluted soils, although the molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. In this study, key factors responsible for differential Cd a...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Feng J,Jia W,Lv S,Bao H,Miao F,Zhang X,Wang J,Li J,Li D,Zhu C,Li S,Li Y

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Acetyl-1-pyrroline (2AP), the volatile compound that provides the 'popcorn-like' aroma in a large variety of cereal and food products, is widely found in nature. Deficiency in amino aldehyde dehydrogenase (AMADH) was previously shown to be the likely cause of 2AP biosynthesis in rice (Oryza sativa L.). In this study...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Arikit S,Yoshihashi T,Wanchana S,Uyen TT,Huong NT,Wongpornchai S,Vanavichit A

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:The intensification of agriculture and the development of synthetic insecticides enabled worldwide grain production to more than double in the last third of the 20th century. However, the heavy dependence and, in some cases, overuse of insecticides has been responsible for negative environmental and ecological impacts...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Catarino R,Ceddia G,Areal FJ,Park J

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic rice accumulating the modified major Japanese cedar pollen allergens, Cryptomeria japonica 1 (Cry j 1) and Cryptomeria japonica 2 (Cry j 2), which were deconstructed by fragmentation and shuffling, respectively, in the edible part of the seed was generated by transformation of a good-tasting rice variety, '...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Wakasa Y,Takagi H,Hirose S,Yang L,Saeki M,Nishimura T,Kaminuma O,Hiroi T,Takaiwa F

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nitrate (NO3-) transporter has been selected as an important gene maker in the process of environmental adoption in rice cultivars. In this work, we transferred another native OsNAR2.1 promoter with driving OsNAR2.1 gene into rice plants. The transgenic lines with exogenous pOsNAR2.1:OsNAR2.1 constructs showed enh...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Chen J,Fan X,Qian K,Zhang Y,Song M,Liu Y,Xu G,Fan X

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：: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：:Despite progress in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, they continue to present a major threat to public health. The frequency of emerging and reemerging infections and the risk of bioterrorism warrant significant efforts towards the development of prophylactic and therapeutic countermeasures. Vaccin...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Streatfield SJ,Kushnir N,Yusibov V

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:An important goal in biotechnological research is to improve the yield of crop plants. Here, we genetically modified simultaneously source and sink capacities in potato (Solanum tuberosum cv. Desirée) plants to improve starch yield. Source capacity was increased by mesophyll-specific overexpression of a pyrophosphatas...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Jonik C,Sonnewald U,Hajirezaei MR,Flügge UI,Ludewig F

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of resistance to the insecticidal toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) in insects is the major threat to the continued success of transgenic Bt crops in agriculture. The fitness of Bt-resistant insects on Bt and non-Bt plants is a key parameter that determines the development of Bt resistance in insect ...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Tetreau G,Wang R,Wang P

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic engineering to enhance mercury phytoremediation has been accomplished by expression of the merAB genes that protects the cell by converting Hg[II] into Hg[0] which volatilizes from the cell. A drawback of this approach is that toxic Hg is released back into the environment. A better phytoremediation strategy w...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Ruiz ON,Alvarez D,Torres C,Roman L,Daniell H

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high throughput proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy method for the metabolite fingerprinting of plants was applied to genetically modified peas (Pisum sativum) to determine whether biochemical changes, so called 'unintended effects', beyond those intended by incorporation of a transgene, were detectable. ...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Charlton A,Allnutt T,Holmes S,Chisholm J,Bean S,Ellis N,Mullineaux P,Oehlschlager S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in the genetic transformation of cereals have improved the prospects of using biotechnology for plant improvement, and a toolbox of promoters with defined specificities would be a valuable resource in controlling the expression of transgenes in desired tissues for both plant improvement and molecular farming....

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Furtado A,Henry RJ,Pellegrineschi A

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:Drought stress conditions decrease maize growth and yield, and aggravate preharvest aflatoxin contamination. While several studies have been performed on mature kernels responding to drought stress, the metabolic profiles of developing kernels are not as well characterized, particularly in germplasm with contrasting r...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Yang L,Fountain JC,Ji P,Ni X,Chen S,Lee RD,Kemerait RC,Guo B

更新日期：2018-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Drought tolerance of the wheat cultivar Bobwhite was previously enhanced by transformation with a construct containing the wheat DREB3 gene driven by the stress-inducible maize Rab17 promoter. Progeny of a single T2 transgenic line were used as pollinators in crosses with four elite bread wheat cultivars from Western ...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Shavrukov Y,Baho M,Lopato S,Langridge P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetically engineered (GE) rice lines expressing Lepidoptera-active insecticidal cry genes from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have been developed in China. Field surveys indicated that Bt rice harbours fewer rice planthoppers than non-Bt rice although planthoppers are not sensitive to the produced Bt Cry ...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Wang X,Liu Q,Meissle M,Peng Y,Wu K,Romeis J,Li Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycine betaine plays an important role in some plants, including maize, in conditions of abiotic stress, but different maize varieties vary in their capacity to accumulate glycine betaine. An elite maize inbred line DH4866 was transformed with the betA gene from Escherichia coli encoding choline dehydrogenase (EC 1.1...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Quan R,Shang M,Zhang H,Zhao Y,Zhang J

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of gene expression can provide important clues about gene function and molecular basis of developmental processes. Here, we have analysed the chickpea transcriptome in vegetative and flower tissues by exploiting the potential of high-throughput sequencing to measure gene expression. We mapped more than 295...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Singh VK,Garg R,Jain M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant cell cultures constitute eco-friendly biotechnological platforms for the production of plant secondary metabolites with pharmacological activities, as well as a suitable system for extending our knowledge of secondary metabolism. Despite the high added value of taxol and the importance of taxanes as anticancer c...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Ramírez-Estrada K,Altabella T,Onrubia M,Moyano E,Notredame C,Osuna L,Vanden Bossche R,Goossens A,Cusido RM,Palazon J

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Mutation discovery technologies have enabled the development of reverse genetics for many plant species and allowed sophisticated evaluation of the consequences of mutagenesis. Such methods are relatively straightforward for seed-propagated plants. To develop a platform suitable for vegetatively propagated species, we...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Jankowicz-Cieslak J,Huynh OA,Brozynska M,Nakitandwe J,Till BJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-stranded oligonucleotides (ssODNs) can be used to direct the exchange of a single nucleotide or the repair of a single base within the coding region of a gene in a process that is known, generically, as gene editing. These molecules are composed of either all DNA residues or a mixture of RNA and DNA bases and u...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Rivera-Torres N,Kmiec EB

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grain size, number and starch content are important determinants of grain yield and quality. One of the most important biological processes that determine these components is the carbon partitioning during the early grain filling, which requires the function of cell wall invertase. Here, we showed the constitutive exp...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Li B,Liu H,Zhang Y,Kang T,Zhang L,Tong J,Xiao L,Zhang H

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glyphosate is a popular, systemic, broad-spectrum herbicide used in modern agriculture. Being a structural analog of phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), it inhibits 5-enolpyruvylshikimate 3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) which is responsible for the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids and various aromatic secondary metabolites. T...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Achary VMM,Sheri V,Manna M,Panditi V,Borphukan B,Ram B,Agarwal A,Fartyal D,Teotia D,Masakapalli SK,Agrawal PK,Reddy MK

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is a highly energy-efficient crop primarily for sugar and bio-ethanol production. Sugarcane genetics and cultivar improvement have been extremely challenging largely due to its complex genomes with high polyploidy levels. In this study, we deeply sequenced the coding regions of 307 sugarcane...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Yang X,Song J,Todd J,Peng Z,Paudel D,Luo Z,Ma X,You Q,Hanson E,Zhao Z,Zhao Y,Zhang J,Ming R,Wang J

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GM crops are the most studied crops in history. Approximately 5% of the safety studies on them show adverse effects that are a cause for concern and tend to be featured in media reports. Although these reports are based on just a handful of GM events, they are used to cast doubt on all GM crops. Furthermore, they tend...

journal_title：Plant biotechnology journal

authors： Sánchez MA,Parrott WA

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00