Genetic engineering strategies for biotic and abiotic stress tolerance and quality enhancement in horticultural crops: a comprehensive review

Expression of Arabidopsis SHN1 in Indian Mulberry (Morus indica L.) Increases Leaf Surface Wax Content and Reduces Post-harvest Water Loss

(2017) R. S. Sajeevan et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Rapid breeding of parthenocarpic tomato plants using CRISPR/Cas9

(2017) Risa Ueta et al.   Scientific Reports

An efficient protocol for Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of recalcitrant chrysanthemum cultivar Shinma

(2016) Aung Htay Naing et al.   ACTA PHYSIOLOGIAE PLANTARUM

In vitro screening of guava plantlets transformed with endochitinase gene against Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. psidii

(2016) M. Mishra et al.   Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding

Co-expression of MtDREB1C and RcXET Enhances Stress Tolerance of Transgenic China Rose (Rosa chinensis Jacq.)

(2016) Ji-Ren Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION

Enhanced salinity stress tolerance in transgenic chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) plants overexpressing the wheat antiporter (TaNHX2) gene

(2016) Mallesham Bulle et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

Development of broad virus resistance in non-transgenic cucumber using CRISPR/Cas9 technology

(2016) Jeyabharathy Chandrasekaran et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

Transgenic tomato plants expressing strawberry d-galacturonic acid reductase gene display enhanced tolerance to abiotic stresses

(2016) Mi Young Lim et al.   Plant Biotechnology Reports

Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-based gene knockout in watermelon

(2016) Shouwei Tian et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Progress of targeted genome modification approaches in higher plants

(2016) Teodoro Cardi et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Genetic transformation of a fruit-specific, highly expressed stilbene synthase gene from Chinese wild Vitis quinquangularis

(2016) Siyan Cheng et al.   PLANTA

Constitutive expression of a fungus-inducible carboxylesterase improves disease resistance in transgenic pepper plants

(2016) Moonkyung Ko et al.   PLANTA

Expression of a Cystatin Transgene in Eggplant Provides Resistance to Root-knot Nematode, Meloidogyne incognita

(2016) Pradeep K. Papolu et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Enhanced Tolerance of Transgenic Potato Plants Over-Expressing Non-specific Lipid Transfer Protein-1 (StnsLTP1) against Multiple Abiotic Stresses

(2016) Baniekal H. Gangadhar et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

DNA-Free Genetically Edited Grapevine and Apple Protoplast Using CRISPR/Cas9 Ribonucleoproteins

(2016) Mickael Malnoy et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Knockdown of MLO genes reduces susceptibility to powdery mildew in grapevine

(2016) Stefano Pessina et al.   Horticulture Research

CmWRKY1 Enhances the Dehydration Tolerance of Chrysanthemum through the Regulation of ABA-Associated Genes

(2016) Qingqing Fan et al.   PLoS One

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated efficient targeted mutagenesis in Chardonnay (Vitis vinifera L.)

(2016) Chong Ren et al.   Scientific Reports

Efficient Genome Editing in Apple Using a CRISPR/Cas9 system

(2016) Chikako Nishitani et al.   Scientific Reports

Production of transgenic kiwifruit plants harboring the SbtCry1Ac gene

(2015) H.Y. Zhang et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH

Assessments of salt tolerance in a bottle gourd line expressing theArabidopsisH+-pyrophosphataseAVP1gene and in a watermelon plant grafted onto a transgenic bottle gourd rootstock

(2015) Jeung-S. Han et al.   PLANT BREEDING

The over-expression of a chrysanthemum WRKY transcription factor enhances aphid resistance

(2015) Peiling Li et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Expression of the β-1,3-glucanase gene bgn13.1 from Trichoderma harzianum in strawberry increases tolerance to crown rot diseases but interferes with plant growth

(2015) José A. Mercado et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

Regulatory uncertainty over genome editing

(2015) Huw D. Jones   Nature Plants

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

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

High frequency organogenesis in hypocotyl, cotyledon, leaf and petiole explants of broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica), an important vegetable crop

(2015) Pankaj Kumar et al.   PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS

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

(2015) Manjul Dutt et al.   PLoS One

A Chrysanthemum Heat Shock Protein Confers Tolerance to Abiotic Stress

(2014) Aiping Song et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Production of Xylella fastidiosa Diffusible Signal Factor in Transgenic Grape Causes Pathogen Confusion and Reduction in Severity of Pierce's Disease

(2014) Steven Lindow et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Expression of a cystatin transgene can confer resistance to root lesion nematodes in Lilium longiflorum cv. ‘Nellie White’

(2014) Paulo Vieira et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

Increased resistance to fungal wilts in transgenic eggplant expressing alfalfa glucanase gene

(2014) Deepali Singh et al.   PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS

The accumulation of endogenous proline induces changes in gene expression of several antioxidant enzymes in leaves of transgenic Swingle citrumelo

(2013) Kenia de Carvalho et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Multiplex and homologous recombination–mediated genome editing in Arabidopsis and Nicotiana benthamiana using guide RNA and Cas9

(2013) Jian-Feng Li et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Efficient genetic transformation of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) and generation of insect-resistant transgenic plants expressing the cry1Ac gene

(2013) M. Narendran et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Silencing Agrobacterium oncogenes in transgenic grapevine results in strain-specific crown gall resistance

(2013) A. Galambos et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

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

(2013) Khaoula Belhaj et al.   Plant Methods

Flower Colour Modification of Chrysanthemum by Suppression of F3'H and Overexpression of the Exogenous Senecio cruentus F3'5'H Gene

(2013) Huang He et al.   PLoS One

MusaWRKY71 Overexpression in Banana Plants Leads to Altered Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses

(2013) Upendra K. S. Shekhawat et al.   PLoS One

Direct Organogenesis in Punica granatum L. cv. Kandhari Kabuli from Hypocotyl Explants

(2013) Nehanjali Parmar et al.   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India. Section B

Antisense expression of peach mildew resistance locus O (PpMlo1) gene confers cross-species resistance to powdery mildew in Fragaria x ananassa

(2013) Derick Jiwan et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

Enhanced tolerance of transgenic potato plants expressing choline oxidase in chloroplasts against water stress

(2013) Yu-Jie Cheng et al.   Botanical Studies

Genetic engineering of crop plants for fungal resistance: role of antifungal genes

(2012) S. Antony Ceasar et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Transgenic banana plants expressing small interfering RNAs targeted against viral replication initiation gene display high-level resistance to banana bunchy top virus infection

(2012) U. K. S. Shekhawat et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Fruit-specific Over-expression of LeEXP1 Gene in Tomato Alters Fruit Texture

(2012) Preeti Kaur et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Highly Efficient and Rapid Plant Regeneration in Citrus sinensis

(2012) Sandeepa Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Overexpressing MhNPR1 in transgenic Fuji apples enhances resistance to apple powdery mildew

(2012) Xiu-Kong Chen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Generation of transgenic plantain (Musa spp.) with resistance to plant pathogenic nematodes

(2012) HUGH RODERICK et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

In Vitro Organogenesis from Cotyledon Derived Callus Cultures of Punica granatum L. cv. Kandhari Kabuli

(2012) Nehanjali Parmar et al.   NATIONAL ACADEMY SCIENCE LETTERS-INDIA

RNA-guided genetic silencing systems in bacteria and archaea

(2012) Blake Wiedenheft et al.   NATURE

Overexpression of a wheat Na+/H+ antiporter gene (TaNHX2) enhances tolerance to salt stress in transgenic tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

(2012) Rajesh Yarra et al.   PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE

Molecular cloning and functional characterization of a novel apple MdCIPK6L gene reveals its involvement in multiple abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic plants

(2012) Rong-Kai Wang et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

MusaSAP1, a A20/AN1 zinc finger gene from banana functions as a positive regulator in different stress responses

(2012) Shareena Sreedharan et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Petunia Floral Defensins with Unique Prodomains as Novel Candidates for Development of Fusarium Wilt Resistance in Transgenic Banana Plants

(2012) Siddhesh B. Ghag et al.   PLoS One

Improved Tolerance to Various Abiotic Stresses in Transgenic Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) Expressing Spinach Betaine Aldehyde Dehydrogenase

(2012) Weijuan Fan et al.   PLoS One

Postharvest Analysis of Lowland Transgenic Tomato Fruits Harboring hpRNAi-ACO1Construct

(2012) Bita Behboodian et al.   TheScientificWorldJOURNAL

Increased resistance to cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) in Lilium transformed with a defective CMV replicase gene

(2011) Pejman Azadi et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Drought tolerance and antioxidant enzymatic activity in transgenic ‘Swingle’ citrumelo plants over-accumulating proline

(2011) Marília Kaphan Freitas de Campos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Transgenic citrus expressing the antimicrobial gene Attacin E (attE) reduces the susceptibility of ‘Duncan’ grapefruit to the citrus scab caused by Elsinoë fawcettii

(2011) S. N. Mondal et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY

Grapevines engineered to express cisgenic Vitis vinifera thaumatin-like protein exhibit fungal disease resistance

(2011) Sadanand A. Dhekney et al.   IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY-PLANT

The development of a cisgenic apple plant

(2011) Thalia Vanblaere et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

In vitro organogenesis from internode derived callus cultures of Capsicum annuum L.

(2011) Hina Khan et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Chrysanthemum flower shape modification by suppression of chrysanthemum-AGAMOUS gene

(2011) Ryutaro Aida et al.   Plant Biotechnology

Development of disease-resistant marker-free tomato by R/RS site-specific recombination

(2011) Raham Sher Khan et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Vitis vinifera VvNPR1.1 is the functional ortholog of AtNPR1 and its overexpression in grapevine triggers constitutive activation of PR genes and enhanced resistance to powdery mildew

(2011) Gaëlle Le Henanff et al.   PLANTA

MusaDHN-1, a novel multiple stress-inducible SK3-type dehydrin gene, contributes affirmatively to drought- and salt-stress tolerance in banana

(2011) Upendra K. Singh Shekhawat et al.   PLANTA

Transgenic banana expressing Pflp gene confers enhanced resistance to Xanthomonas wilt disease

(2011) B. Namukwaya et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

Stress-inducible expression of barley Hva1 gene in transgenic mulberry displays enhanced tolerance against drought, salinity and cold stress

(2011) Vibha G. Checker et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

Phytoalexins in defense against pathogens

(2011) Ishita Ahuja et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic tomatoes by constitutive expression of S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase gene

(2011) Pranjal Hazarika et al.   PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS

Engineering Pathogen Resistance in Crop Plants: Current Trends and Future Prospects

(2010) David B. Collinge et al.   Annual Review of Phytopathology

Production and selection of marker-free transgenic plants of Petunia hybrida using site-specific recombination

(2010) R. S. Khan et al.   BIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Over-expression of microRNA169 confers enhanced drought tolerance to tomato

(2010) Xiaohui Zhang et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Developing stress tolerant plants through in vitro selection—An overview of the recent progress

(2010) Manoj K. Rai et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Generation of transgenic watermelon resistant to Zucchini yellow mosaic virus and Papaya ringspot virus type W

(2010) Tsong-Ann Yu et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Isopentenyl transferase gene expression offers the positive selection of marker-free transgenic plant of Kalanchoe blossfeldiana

(2010) Gunaratnam Thirukkumaran et al.   PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE

Transgenic tomato plants expressing a wheat endochitinase gene demonstrate enhanced resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici

(2010) P. V. Girhepuje et al.   PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE

Overexpression of a Malus vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter gene (MdNHX1) in apple rootstock M.26 and its influence on salt tolerance

(2010) Yonghong Li et al.   PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE

Transgenic tomato cv. Pusa Uphar expressing a bacterial mannitol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase gene confers abiotic stress tolerance

(2010) Neeraj Khare et al.   PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE

Ectopic expression of an osmotin gene leads to enhanced salt tolerance in transgenic chilli pepper (Capsicum annum L.)

(2010) Kondeti Subramanyam et al.   PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE

Overexpression of yeast spermidine synthase impacts ripening, senescence and decay symptoms in tomato

(2010) Savithri Nambeesan et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Overexpression of Na+/H+ antiporter gene AtNHX1 from Arabidopsis thaliana improves the salt tolerance of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa)

(2010) N. Tian et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

High-efficiency transformation and selective tolerance against biotic and abiotic stress in mulberry, Morus indica cv. K2, by constitutive and inducible expression of tobacco osmotin

(2010) Manaswini Das et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

Chilli peppers — A review on tissue culture and transgenesis

(2009) S.L. Kothari et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Polyamine Accumulation in Transgenic Tomato Enhances the Tolerance to High Temperature Stress

(2009) Lin Cheng et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Complete Genome Sequence of Citrus Huanglongbing Bacterium, ‘CandidatusLiberibacter asiaticus’ Obtained Through Metagenomics

(2009) Yongping Duan et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Enhancement of flowering and branching phenotype in chrysanthemum by expression of ipt under the control of a 0.821 kb fragment of the LEACO1 gene promoter

(2009) Mariya Khodakovskaya et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Xanthomonas Wilt: A Threat to Banana Production in East and Central Africa

(2009) Leena Tripathi et al.   PLANT DISEASE

The Lateral Suppressor-Like Gene, DgLsL, Alternated the Axillary Branching in Transgenic Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum × morifolium) by Modulating IAA and GA Content

(2009) Beibei Jiang et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTER

Broad-spectrum disease resistance to necrotrophic and biotrophic pathogens in transgenic carrots (Daucus carota L.) expressing an Arabidopsis NPR1 gene

(2009) Owen Wally et al.   PLANTA

Transgenic apple plants overexpressing the Lc gene of maize show an altered growth habit and increased resistance to apple scab and fire blight

(2009) Henryk Flachowsky et al.   PLANTA

Spermidine levels are implicated in heavy metal tolerance in a spermidine synthase overexpressing transgenic European pear by exerting antioxidant activities

(2009) Xiao-Peng Wen et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

Silencing potential of viral derived RNAi constructs in Tomato leaf curl virus-AC4 gene suppression in tomato

(2009) Shelly Praveen et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

Genetic approaches towards overcoming water deficit in plants - special emphasis on LEAs

(2009) Paramjit Khurana et al.   PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS

Chitinase CHIT36 fromTrichoderma harzianumEnhances Resistance of Transgenic Carrot to Fungal Pathogens

(2008) Rafal Baranski et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY

Two Receptor-Like Genes,Vfa1andVfa2, Confer Resistance to the Fungal PathogenVenturia inaequalisInciting Apple Scab Disease

(2008) Mickael Malnoy et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Production of transgenic potato exhibiting enhanced resistance to fungal infections and herbicide applications

(2008) Raham Sher Khan et al.   Plant Biotechnology Reports

Transgenic peppers that are highly tolerant to a new CMV pathotype

(2008) Yun Hee Lee et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Osmyb4 expression improves adaptive responses to drought and cold stress in transgenic apples

(2008) Gemma Pasquali et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of poinsettia, Euphorbia pulcherrima, with virus-derived hairpin RNA constructs confers resistance to Poinsettia mosaic virus

(2008) Jihong Liu Clarke et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Marker-Free Transgenic Chrysanthemum Obtained by Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation with Twin T-DNA Binary Vectors

(2008) Lei Sun et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTER

Defence-related gene expression in transgenic lemon plants producing an antimicrobial Trichoderma harzianum endochitinase during fungal infection

(2008) Gaetano Distefano et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

Highly scab-resistant transgenic apple lines achieved by introgression of HcrVf2 controlled by different native promoter lengths

(2008) Iris Szankowski et al.   Tree Genetics & Genomes