Applied Plant Genomics and Biotechnology

Informationen zum Autor Dr Palmiro Poltronieri is researcher at the Agrofood Department of the Italian National Research Council. He is co-founder of Biotecgen SME - a service company involved in European projects, such as RIBOREG, NANOMYC, ABSTRESS, and TOMGEM. He has also tutored researchers for another start up, Bioesplora, in the EU project TRANS-BIO. He is Associate Editor to BMC Research Notes and is editor-in-chief for Challenges, an MDPI journal. He holds a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Verona University. His current interest is on abiotic stress response in roots of tolerant and sensitive chickpea varieties, on activation of the jasmonic acid synthesis, and in the biotic stress response in model plants. Professor Yiguo Hong is a scientist based at the College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, China. He has expertise in plant viruses and RNA silencing, having publications in international journals, such as PNAS, eLife and Nature Genetics. He serves as editors for several international journals such as Functional & Integrative Genomics. He also holds long-term visiting professorship at both University of Warwick and University of Worcester. His current research covers virus-plant interactions, RNA signaling in plant development, and development of virus technology in plant functional genomics and crop improvement. In 2012, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a scientific opinion to address the safety assessment of plants developed through cisgenesis and intragenesis. The EFSA Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) stated that cisgenic and conventionally bred plants represent similar hazards, whereas intragenic and transgenic plants could raise new hazards. GMO detection of plants produced through cisgenesis requires Next-Generation Sequencing methods and more costly analyses for the detection and identification of modified varieties.With the aim of cisgenesis-derived plants detection, a European Council project starting in 2014 provides technical solutions and affordable methods and protocols. The book will review and discuss Plant Functional Genomic studies and the future developments in the field, exploring the new technologies supporting the genetic improvement of plants and the production of plant varieties more resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses.This book provides an overview of research projects on plant biology, functional genomics, application of RNA silencing and RNA interference, RNA based vaccines, RNA signaling at distance, and plant epigenetics, all of which have the potential to improve plant varieties for food and non-food applications. ...

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In 2012, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a scientific opinion to address the safety assessment of plants developed through cisgenesis and intragenesis. The EFSA Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) stated that cisgenic and conventionally bred plants represent similar hazards, whereas intragenic and transgenic plants could raise new hazards. GMO detection of plants produced through cisgenesis requires Next-Generation Sequencing methods and more costly analyses for the detection and identification of modified varieties.With the aim of cisgenesis-derived plants detection, a European Council project starting in 2014 provides technical solutions and affordable methods and protocols. The book will review and discuss Plant Functional Genomic studies and the future developments in the field, exploring the new technologies supporting the genetic improvement of plants and the production of plant varieties more resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses.This book provides an overview of research projects on plant biology, functional genomics, application of RNA silencing and RNA interference, RNA based vaccines, RNA signaling at distance, and plant epigenetics, all of which have the potential to improve plant varieties for food and non-food applications.

Inhalt

1. Biotech plants for Molecular farming of high-value therapeutics (Maltase, Antibodies, and glycosylated proteins) and experimental work done at Syncura Inc., Italy.****
2. GrainLegumes: legume functional genomics and applications (common bean, pea, faba bean) ****
3. Plant viruses and their application for plant studies.
4. Viral induction and suppression of RNA silencing in plants.
5. Engineering the RNA silencing pathways to improve plant resistance.
6. Cross-talk between hormones and Plant Growth Regulators: mechanisms and pathways to improve stress tolerance.
7. Cereal crops: from genetic diversity to reinforcing pathways and mechanisms of abiotic stress tolerance.
8. Cisgenesis: genetic modification approach and advantages in respect to transgenic organisms.
9. Phyto-bioremediation and phytochelatin overexpressing plants.
10. Genetically modified wood trees. Chestnut germplasm modified for improved resistance to cold and heat. Eucalypt varieties with optimized pulp for cellulose industry.