Double-cropped soybean (Glycine max) is often associated with restricted vegetative growth before flowering. This problem could be overcome by delaying the flowering of the plants. Recently a team of Chinese scientists from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences with Yupeng Cai as a leading researcher published a paper in Plant …
Citrus canker caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (Xcc) causes significant damages to the citrus fruit industry on a global scale. A team of Chinese scientists with Xiuping Zou as corresponding author and Aihong Peng and Shanchun Chen as leading authors from the Citrus Research Institute at the …
University of Copenhagen and Bayer CropScience have successfully developed a new oilseed crop that is much more resistant to heat, drought and diseases than oilseed rape. The breakthrough was published in the journal Nature Biotechnology. The mustard plant is similar to oilseed rape in many ways. It looks like a …
It is known that cereals with high amylose and resistant starch content possess potential health beneficial properties. Important enzyme responsible for the branching of starch is the enzyme SBE (starch branching enzyme). A research team from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) with Dr. Yongwei Sun as the leading …
