In a recent study published in the Plant Biotechnology Journal, a team of Chinese researchers with Pengcheng Wang as a leading author from the Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China, presented a successful attempt to simultaneously edit several loci in the genome of cotton. For this purpose, the scientists have …
The completion of the chickpea genome sequencing a few years ago opened new horizons for the scientists to both further study the function of the identified genes and for respective crop improvement based on the obtained knowledge. According to Bunyamin Tar’an, associate professor and chickpea breeder at the University of …
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 …
Scientists from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Denmark have developed and patented the new type of wheat with a specific ability to increase the digestibility of phosphorus and other important minerals. Minerals such as phosphorus are often tightly bound in phytate. The enzyme phytase helps to …
Under partnership between Agrobioinstitute, Sofia and the bio-farm Amitica Ltd, Kresna, the Bulgarian tomato cultivar Pako Orange was grown successfully under organic conditions. The first bio-seeds were produced. Production of bio-juices and bio-purees from tomato Paco Orange are planned. Tomato cultivar Pako-Orange was developed by methods of classical plant breeding-interspecies …
Two sorghum haploid inducer lines were discovered following three years of collaboration between the United Sorghum Checkoff program and DuPont Pioneer. A team of scientists led by Cleve Franks and Tanveer Hussain from DuPont Pioneer discovered the first haploid inducer lines in sorghum, which are currently in the process of …
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 …
