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Molecular overview on plant somatic embryogenesis
The developmental pathway leading to plant somatic embryogenesis (SE) is true demonstration of totipotency of plant cells. During this process, soma...
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Ethylene response factors and their role in plant defence.
The APETALA2/Ethylene response factor (AP2/ERF) family of transcription factors (TFs) plays crucial roles in the regulation of gene expression during ...
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Genetic diversity in the Jatropha genus and its potential application.
Jatropha curcas L., a drought tolerant, monoecious perennial shrub, has gained attention in the tropics and sub-tropics during the past decade as a po...
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Using metabolomics to improve the quality of harvested fruit.
Metabolomics is a rapidly growing discipline and has been used recently to evaluate the effect of postharvest processes of fruit and to elucidate pa...
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Toxicity of Jatropha curcas L. as a biofuel crop and options for management.
There are high expectations of Jatropha curcas L. as a new crop for biofuel production in the tropics and sub-tropical areas, as evidenced by the fore...
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Analysing the genetic basis of milk production traits.
Genetic analyses of milk production traits have been based on a polygenic model that assumes that a trait is affected by an infinitesimal number of ge...
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Increasing the vitamin E content of food by in-plant production.
Vitamin E is a group of eight, lipid-soluble molecules known as tocochromanols, featuring a conserved head group and an aliphatic side chain. They are...
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RNAi methods for management of insects and their pathogens.
RNA interference (RNAi), a post-transcriptional gene silencing method discovered in 1998, has been used in basic research in almost every area of bi...
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Magnaporthe oryzae, the blast pathogen: current status and options for its control.
Blast disease is one of the major constraints for food production in the world, affecting many crops of agricultural importance. Wheat blast, since it...
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Bioinformatics approaches to livestock animal genomics research.
The unprecedented advancement of genomics research in the past 20 years has led to the phenomenal development of bioinformatics as an emerging field o...
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