Plant breeders have always faced a brutal trade-off: the traits that matter most for food security, like drought tolerance or disease resistance, often take years of field trials and careful crossing ...

E. & J. Gallo Winery patented a method for producing a white-fruited grapevine with a non-VvMybA1 mutation, allowing for new grape colors and flavor combinations. The method involves breeding specific ...

This comprehensive book covers the underlying scientific principles, state of the art technologies and methodologies of plant mutagenesis. It covers historical development and commonly used ...

Plant diseases pose a major threat to global food security. It is strongly predicted that the compounding factors of climate change and variability, newly emerging races of pathogens, and reliance on ...