N-hydroxy-pipecolic acid-mediated signal transduction and resistance requires DAWDLE
Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) is an induced immune response in plants that is triggered by pathogen infection to protect uninfected tissues against subsequent threats. N-hydroxypipecolic acid (NHP) is a key small molecule required for ...
Chromosomal Deletions Unlock Fusarium Wilt Resistance in Taiwan Bananas
Fusarium wilt has long threatened the global banana industry. Because most edible banana cultivars are sterile triploids, conventional breeding is difficult and often fails to deliver new cultivars acceptable to farmers and consumers. Throu...
Transposable elements drive evolution and perturb gene expression in Brassica rapa and B. oleracea
Transposable elements (TEs) make up over half of Brassica genomes, yet their role in evolution and gene regulation has remained elusive. In our new study, we developed a graph-based clustering approach to redefine TE families in Brassica ra...
Breakthrough of wild tomato protoplast regeneration and DNA-free CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing.
Wild tomato (Solanum peruvianum) is an important genetic source for the tomato breeding but the progress has been hampered due to the self-incompatibility and highly heterozygous genome. Yao-Cheng Lin, Choun-Sea Lin and Ming-Che Shih from A...