Is genetic engineering ever going to take off in forage, turf and bioenergy crop breeding?

Overexpression of miR156 in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) results in various morphological alterations and leads to improved biomass production

(2012) Chunxiang Fu et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Downregulation of Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase (CAD) Leads to Improved Saccharification Efficiency in Switchgrass

(2011) Chunxiang Fu et al.   BioEnergy Research

Pollen Viability and Longevity of Switchgrass ( L.)

(2011) Yaxin Ge et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Plant breeding for harmony between agriculture and the environment

(2011) E Charles Brummer et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Plant Genetics, Sustainable Agriculture and Global Food Security

(2011) Pamela Ronald   GENETICS

Transgenic expression of phytase and acid phosphatase genes in alfalfa (Medicago sativa) leads to improved phosphate uptake in natural soils

(2011) Xue-Feng Ma et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

Industry exhales as USDA okays glyphosate-resistant alfalfa

(2011) Emily Waltz   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

GM grass eludes outmoded USDA oversight

(2011) Emily Waltz   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Cisgenic barley with improved phytase activity

(2011) Inger B. Holme et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Plastid biotechnology for crop production: present status and future perspectives

(2011) Jihong Liu Clarke et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

From Model to Crop: Functional Analysis of a STAY-GREEN Gene in the Model Legume Medicago truncatula and Effective Use of the Gene for Alfalfa Improvement

(2011) C. Zhou et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Downregulation of Cinnamyl-Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Switchgrass by RNA Silencing Results in Enhanced Glucose Release after Cellulase Treatment

(2011) Aaron J. Saathoff et al.   PLoS One

Expression of a Novel Antimicrobial Peptide Penaeidin4-1 in Creeping Bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.) Enhances Plant Fungal Disease Resistance

(2011) Man Zhou et al.   PLoS One

Genetic manipulation of lignin reduces recalcitrance and improves ethanol production from switchgrass

(2011) Chunxiang Fu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Switchgrass Genome: Tools and Strategies

(2011) Michael D. Casler et al.   Plant Genome

Transgenic perennial biofuel feedstocks and strategies for bioconfinement

(2011) Albert P Kausch et al.   Biofuels-UK

Far-reaching Deleterious Impacts of Regulations on Research and Environmental Studies of Recombinant DNA-modified Perennial Biofuel Crops in the United States

(2010) Steven H. Strauss et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Improvement of drought tolerance in white clover (Trifolium repens) by transgenic expression of a transcription factor geneWXP1

(2010) Qingzhen Jiang et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

The foundation of extranuclear inheritance: plastid and mitochondrial genetics

(2010) Rudolf Hagemann   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

The role of transgenic crops in sustainable development

(2010) Julian Raymond Park et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Functional Analyses ofCaffeic Acid O-MethyltransferaseandCinnamoyl-CoA-ReductaseGenes from Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne)

(2010) Yi Tu et al.   PLANT CELL

Apomixis and ploidy barrier suppress pollen-mediated gene flow in field grown transgenic turf and forage grass (Paspalum notatum Flüggé)

(2010) Sukhpreet Sandhu et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Genetic modification of lignin biosynthesis for improved biofuel production

(2009) Hiroshi Hisano et al.   IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY-PLANT

Physiological Characterization of Transgenic Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) Plants for Improved Drought Tolerance

(2009) Qingzhen Jiang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Post-transcriptional gene silencing as an efficient tool for engineering resistance to white clover mosaic virus in white clover (Trifolium repens)

(2009) Emma J. Ludlow et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Constitutive expression of the barley HvWRKY38 transcription factor enhances drought tolerance in turf and forage grass (Paspalum notatum Flugge)

(2009) Xi Xiong et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

Heterologous expression ofArabidopsisH+-pyrophosphatase enhances salt tolerance in transgenic creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stoloniferaL.)

(2009) ZHIGANG LI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Improving phosphorus acquisition of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) by transgenic expression of plant-derived phytase and acid phosphatase genes

(2009) Xue-Feng Ma et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Improving Saccharification Efficiency of Alfalfa Stems Through Modification of the Terminal Stages of Monolignol Biosynthesis

(2008) Lisa A. Jackson et al.   BioEnergy Research

Production of polyhydroxybutyrate in switchgrass, a value-added co-product in an important lignocellulosic biomass crop

(2008) Maria N. Somleva et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Bacterial citrate synthase expression and soil aluminum tolerance in transgenic alfalfa

(2008) Pierluigi Barone et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Net energy of cellulosic ethanol from switchgrass

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

Benefits and barriers to perennial forage crops in Iowa corn and soybean rotations

(2008) Julia Olmstead et al.   RENEWABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS

Cisgenesis and intragenesis, sisters in innovative plant breeding

(2008) Henk J. Schouten et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE