Genetic Engineering and Sustainable Crop Disease Management: Opportunities for Case-by-Case Decision-Making

Continuous evolution of Bacillus thuringiensis toxins overcomes insect resistance

(2016) Ahmed H. Badran et al.   NATURE

A pigeonpea gene confers resistance to Asian soybean rust in soybean

(2016) Cintia G Kawashima et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

A risk-based approach to the regulation of genetically engineered organisms

(2016) Gregory Conko et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Rapid cloning of disease-resistance genes in plants using mutagenesis and sequence capture

(2016) Burkhard Steuernagel et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Accelerated cloning of a potato late blight–resistance gene using RenSeq and SMRT sequencing

(2016) Kamil Witek et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

A proposed regulatory framework for genome-edited crops

(2016) Sanwen Huang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Overexpression of OsPGIP1 Enhances Rice Resistance to Sheath Blight

(2016) X. J. Chen et al.   PLANT DISEASE

Toward a Reduced Reliance on Conventional Pesticides in European Agriculture

(2016) Jay Ram Lamichhane et al.   PLANT DISEASE

Using decoys to expand the recognition specificity of a plant disease resistance protein

(2016) S. H. Kim et al.   SCIENCE

Seed systems smallholder farmers use

(2016) Shawn McGuire et al.   Food Security

The impact of Bacillus thuringiensis technology on the occurrence of fumonisins and other mycotoxins in maize

(2016) J. Díaz-Gómez et al.   World Mycotoxin Journal

Crop biotechnology: a pivotal moment for global acceptance

(2016) Eric Hallerman et al.   Food and Energy Security

Influence of genetically modified organisms on agro-ecosystem processes

(2015) Anna-Karin Kolseth et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

A transposable element insertion in the susceptibility gene CsaMLO8 results in hypocotyl resistance to powdery mildew in cucumber

(2015) Jeroen A. Berg et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Safety assessment of foods from genetically modified crops in countries with developing economies

(2015) Bryan Delaney   FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY

Spray Toxicity and Risk Potential of 42 Commonly Used Formulations of Row Crop Pesticides to Adult Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

(2015) Yu Cheng Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Plant-mediated gene silencing restricts growth of the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans

(2015) Sultana N. Jahan et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Transgenic Wheat Expressing a Barley UDP-Glucosyltransferase Detoxifies Deoxynivalenol and Provides High Levels of Resistance toFusarium graminearum

(2015) Xin Li et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

DNA-free genome editing in plants with preassembled CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoproteins

(2015) Je Wook Woo et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Optimizing pyramided transgenic Bt crops for sustainable pest management

(2015) Yves Carrière et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

The next generation of insecticides: dsRNA is stable as a foliar-applied insecticide

(2015) Keri San Miguel et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Resistance to Ditylenchus destructor Infection in Sweet Potato by the Expression of Small Interfering RNAs Targeting unc-15, a Movement-Related Gene

(2015) Weijuan Fan et al.   PHYTOPATHOLOGY

Knock-Down of Heat-Shock Protein 90 and Isocitrate Lyase Gene Expression Reduced Root-Knot Nematode Reproduction

(2015) Isabela Tristan Lourenço-Tessutti et al.   PHYTOPATHOLOGY

Emergence and Spread of New Races of Wheat Stem Rust Fungus: Continued Threat to Food Security and Prospects of Genetic Control

(2015) Ravi P. Singh et al.   PHYTOPATHOLOGY

Host Versus Nonhost Resistance: Distinct Wars with Similar Arsenals

(2015) Upinder S. Gill et al.   PHYTOPATHOLOGY

Eighteen New Candidate Effectors of the Phytonematode Heterodera glycines Produced Specifically in the Secretory Esophageal Gland Cells During Parasitism

(2015) Jason B. Noon et al.   PHYTOPATHOLOGY

Plant artificial chromosome technology and its potential application in genetic engineering

(2015) Weichang Yu et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Modification of the PthA4 effector binding elements in Type I CsLOB1 promoter using Cas9/sgRNA to produce transgenic Duncan grapefruit alleviating XccΔpthA4:dCsLOB1.3 infection

(2015) Hongge Jia et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Host-induced gene silencing in the necrotrophic fungal pathogenSclerotinia sclerotiorum

(2015) C. M. Andrade et al.   PLANT PATHOLOGY

The Role of Vertical and Horizontal Transfer in the Evolutionary Dynamics of PIF-Like Transposable Elements in Triticeae

(2015) Dragomira N. Markova et al.   PLoS One

Pollen-Mediated Gene Flow in Maize: Implications for Isolation Requirements and Coexistence in Mexico, the Center of Origin of Maize

(2015) Baltazar M. Baltazar et al.   PLoS One

Host target modification as a strategy to counter pathogen hijacking of the jasmonate hormone receptor

(2015) Li Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The genome of cultivated sweet potato containsAgrobacteriumT-DNAs with expressed genes: An example of a naturally transgenic food crop

(2015) Tina Kyndt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impact of insect-resistant GM rice on pesticide use and farmers’ health in China

(2015) JiKun Huang et al.   Science China-Life Sciences

Genetic basis and detection of unintended effects in genetically modified crop plants

(2015) Gregory S. Ladics et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

Gene pyramiding enhances durable blast disease resistance in rice

(2015) Shuichi Fukuoka et al.   Scientific Reports

A new threat to bees? Entomopathogenic nematodes used in biological pest control cause rapid mortality inBombus terrestris

(2015) Alexandrea Dutka et al.   PeerJ

Global economic, environmental and health benefits from GM crop adoption

(2015) Stuart J. Smyth et al.   Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Establishing a CRISPR–Cas-like immune system conferring DNA virus resistance in plants

(2015) Xiang Ji et al.   Nature Plants

Conferring resistance to geminiviruses with the CRISPR–Cas prokaryotic immune system

(2015) Nicholas J. Baltes et al.   Nature Plants

Transgenic Citrus Expressing an Arabidopsis NPR1 Gene Exhibit Enhanced Resistance against Huanglongbing (HLB; Citrus Greening)

(2015) Manjul Dutt et al.   PLoS One

Susceptibility Genes 101: How to Be a Good Host

(2014) Chris C.N. van Schie et al.   Annual Review of Phytopathology

Genetically Engineered Crops: From Idea to Product

(2014) Jose Rafael Prado et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Lethal and sublethal effects of azadirachtin on the bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

(2014) Wagner Faria Barbosa et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Pesticide Exposure and Depression among Male Private Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study

(2014) John D. Beard et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Widespread and frequent horizontal transfers of transposable elements in plants

(2014) M. El Baidouri et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Prevalence and impacts of genetically engineered feedstuffs on livestock populations1

(2014) A. L. Van Eenennaam et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Biotechnology: Against the grain

(2014) Michael Eisenstein   NATURE

Field trial of Xanthomonas wilt disease-resistant bananas in East Africa

(2014) Leena Tripathi et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

CRISPR-Cas systems for editing, regulating and targeting genomes

(2014) Jeffry D Sander et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Simultaneous editing of three homoeoalleles in hexaploid bread wheat confers heritable resistance to powdery mildew

(2014) Yanpeng Wang et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Hitchhiker's guide to multi-dimensional plant pathology

(2014) Diane G. O. Saunders   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ancient horizontal transfer of transaldolase-like protein gene and its role in plant vascular development

(2014) Zefeng Yang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Dealing with transgene flow of crop protection traits from crops to their relatives

(2014) Jonathan Gressel   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Elevating crop disease resistance with cloned genes

(2014) J. D. G. Jones et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genetic use restriction technologies: a review

(2014) Luca Lombardo   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Transgenic expression of the riceXa21pattern-recognition receptor in banana (Musasp.) confers resistance toXanthomonas campestrispv.musacearum

(2014) Jaindra N. Tripathi et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Host-induced gene silencing inhibits the biotrophic pathogen causing downy mildew of lettuce

(2014) Manjula Govindarajulu et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Optimization of Genome Engineering Approaches with the CRISPR/Cas9 System

(2014) Kai Li et al.   PLoS One

Cry1F Resistance in Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda: Single Gene versus Pyramided Bt Maize

(2014) Fangneng Huang et al.   PLoS One

A Meta-Analysis of the Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops

(2014) Wilhelm Klümper et al.   PLoS One

Field-evolved resistance by western corn rootworm to multiple Bacillus thuringiensis toxins in transgenic maize

(2014) A. J. Gassmann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Organic chemicals jeopardize the health of freshwater ecosystems on the continental scale

(2014) Egina Malaj et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The new frontier of genome engineering with CRISPR-Cas9

(2014) J. A. Doudna et al.   SCIENCE

Can patents prohibit research? On the social epistemology of patenting and licensing in science

(2014) Justin B. Biddle   STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Genetically engineered Thompson Seedless grapevine plants designed for fungal tolerance: selection and characterization of the best performing individuals in a field trial

(2014) Julia Rubio et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

A comparative analysis of insertional effects in genetically engineered plants: considerations for pre-market assessments

(2014) Jaimie Schnell et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

Effector-triggered defence against apoplastic fungal pathogens

(2014) Henrik U. Stotz et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Endogenous florendoviruses are major components of plant genomes and hallmarks of virus evolution

(2014) Andrew D. W. Geering et al.   Nature Communications

Generation of Marker-free Transgenic Plants Concurrently Resistant to a DNA Geminivirus and a RNA Tospovirus

(2014) Ching-Fu Yang et al.   Scientific Reports

Precision Genome Engineering and Agriculture: Opportunities and Regulatory Challenges

(2014) Daniel F. Voytas et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Horizontal gene transfer from Agrobacterium to plants

(2014) Tatiana V. Matveeva et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

An Analysis of Selectivity in the Productivity Evaluation of Biotechnology: An Application to Corn

(2013) G. Shi et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Do transgenesis and marker-assisted backcross breeding produce substantially equivalent plants? - A comparative study of transgenic and backcross rice carrying bacterial blight resistant gene Xa21

(2013) Lifen Gao et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Evolution of land plant genes encoding L-Ala-D/L-Glu epimerases (AEEs) via horizontal gene transfer and positive selection

(2013) Zefeng Yang et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

An overview of the last 10 years of genetically engineered crop safety research

(2013) Alessandro Nicolia et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

How to Characterize Chemical Exposure to Predict Ecologic Effects on Aquatic Communities?

(2013) Ralf B. Schäfer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Sustainability and innovation in staple crop production in the US Midwest

(2013) Jack A. Heinemann et al.   International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Unintended Compositional Changes in Genetically Modified (GM) Crops: 20 Years of Research

(2013) Rod A. Herman et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Insect resistance to Bt crops: lessons from the first billion acres

(2013) Bruce E Tabashnik et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Toxin delivery by the coat protein of an aphid-vectored plant virus provides plant resistance to aphids

(2013) Bryony C Bonning et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Targeted genome modification of crop plants using a CRISPR-Cas system

(2013) Qiwei Shan et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Exposure to pesticides or solvents and risk of Parkinson disease

(2013) G. Pezzoli et al.   NEUROLOGY

A novel 5-enolpyruvoylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase transgene for glyphosate resistance stimulates growth and fecundity in weedy rice (Oryza sativa) without herbicide

(2013) Wei Wang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Intragenesis and cisgenesis as alternatives to transgenic crop development

(2013) Inger Baeksted Holme et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Precise plant breeding using new genome editing techniques: opportunities, safety and regulation in the EU

(2013) Frank Hartung et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Plant genome editing made easy: targeted mutagenesis in model and crop plants using the CRISPR/Cas system

(2013) Khaoula Belhaj et al.   Plant Methods

Dominant Inheritance of Field-Evolved Resistance to Bt Corn in Busseola fusca

(2013) Pascal Campagne et al.   PLoS One

A Built-In Strategy to Mitigate Transgene Spreading from Genetically Modified Corn

(2013) Jing Li et al.   PLoS One

Rapidly evolving R genes in diverse grass species confer resistance to rice blast disease

(2013) S. Yang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pivoting the Plant Immune System from Dissection to Deployment

(2013) J. L. Dangl et al.   SCIENCE

Epigenetics and pesticides

(2013) M. Collotta et al.   TOXICOLOGY

A threshold level of oxalate oxidase transgene expression reduces Cryphonectria parasitica-induced necrosis in a transgenic American chestnut (Castanea dentata) leaf bioassay

(2013) Bo Zhang et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

ZFN, TALEN, and CRISPR/Cas-based methods for genome engineering

(2013) Thomas Gaj et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

RNAi-derived field resistance to Cassava brown streak disease persists across the vegetative cropping cycle

(2013) John Odipio et al.   GM Crops & Food-Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain

Fungicide-induced declines of freshwater biodiversity modify ecosystem functions and services

(2012) Taegan A. McMahon et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Assessment of GE food safety using ‘-omics’ techniques and long-term animal feeding studies

(2012) Agnès E. Ricroch   New Biotechnology

Effect of rotation of canola (Brassica napus) cultivars with different complements of blackleg resistance genes on disease severity

(2012) S. J. Marcroft et al.   PLANT PATHOLOGY

Transgenic Resistance Confers Effective Field Level Control of Bacterial Spot Disease in Tomato

(2012) Diana M. Horvath et al.   PLoS One

Horizontal transfer of chloroplast genomes between plant species

(2012) S. Stegemann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of photosynthetic eukaryotes

(2012) Jinling HUANG et al.   Journal of Systematics and Evolution

The VIRCA Project

(2012) Nigel J. Taylor et al.   GM Crops & Food-Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain

Impact of Bt cotton on pesticide poisoning in smallholder agriculture: A panel data analysis

(2011) Shahzad Kouser et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Exploration of horizontal gene transfer between transplastomic tobacco and plant-associated bacteria

(2011) Sandrine Demanèche et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Assessment of the health impact of GM plant diets in long-term and multigenerational animal feeding trials: A literature review

(2011) Chelsea Snell et al.   FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY

Robust RNAi-Based Resistance to Mixed Infection of Three Viruses in Soybean Plants Expressing Separate Short Hairpins from a Single Transgene

(2011) Xiuchun Zhang et al.   PHYTOPATHOLOGY

The Vein Patterning 1 (VEP1) Gene Family Laterally Spread through an Ecological Network

(2011) Rosa Tarrío et al.   PLoS One

Functional stacking of three resistance genes against Phytophthora infestans in potato

(2011) Suxian Zhu et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

Transgene introgression in crop relatives: molecular evidence and mitigation strategies

(2011) Charles Kwit et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Lower mycotoxin levels in Bt maize grain

(2010) L. Folcher et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Structure of Oxalacetate Acetylhydrolase, a Virulence Factor of the Chestnut Blight Fungus

(2010) Chen Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Interfamily transfer of a plant pattern-recognition receptor confers broad-spectrum bacterial resistance

(2010) Séverine Lacombe et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

The International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration

(2010) G. Cochrane et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

HIGS: Host-Induced Gene Silencing in the Obligate Biotrophic Fungal PathogenBlumeria graminis

(2010) Daniela Nowara et al.   PLANT CELL

Parkinson's Disease and Residential Exposure to Maneb and Paraquat From Agricultural Applications in the Central Valley of California

(2009) S. Costello et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Visual Evidence of Horizontal Gene Transfer between Plants and Bacteria in the Phytosphere of Transplastomic Tobacco

(2009) A. Pontiroli et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A horizontal gene transfer at the origin of phenylpropanoid metabolism: a key adaptation of plants to land

(2009) Giovanni Emiliani et al.   Biology Direct

Origins and Mechanisms of miRNAs and siRNAs

(2009) Richard W. Carthew et al.   CELL

Fungal phytotoxins as mediators of virulence

(2009) Nadine Möbius et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Mapping and Cloning of Late Blight Resistance Genes fromSolanum venturiiUsing an Interspecific Candidate Gene Approach

(2009) Mathieu A. Pel et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

A highly reproducible rotenone model of Parkinson's disease

(2009) Jason R. Cannon et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Indirect costs of a nontarget pathogen mitigate the direct benefits of a virus-resistant transgene in wildCucurbita

(2009) Miruna A. Sasu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The give-and-take of DNA: horizontal gene transfer in plants

(2009) Ralph Bock   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Visualizing Consolidation in the Global Seed Industry: 1996–2008

(2009) Philip Howard   Sustainability

Escape and establishment of transgenic glyphosate-resistant creeping bentgrassAgrostis stoloniferain Oregon, USA: a 4-year study

(2008) M. L. Zapiola et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Genetically modified plants and human health

(2008) Suzie Key et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

Microarray analyses reveal that plant mutagenesis may induce more transcriptomic changes than transgene insertion

(2008) R. Batista et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Comparative safety assessment of plant-derived foods

(2007) E.J. Kok et al.   REGULATORY TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY