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View article: Nordic Countries as an Opportunity for Sustainable, Low Pest Seed Potato Production in a Climate Change Scenario
Nordic Countries as an Opportunity for Sustainable, Low Pest Seed Potato Production in a Climate Change Scenario Open
Based on discussions within the Northern Tubers of Potato network (N’TOP-net), this review highlights northern Scandinavia’s potential for sustainable, low pest seed potato production. While long transport distances currently limit large-s…
View article: Breeding for Integrated Pest Management (B-IPM): a new concept simultaneously optimising plant resistance and biocontrol
Breeding for Integrated Pest Management (B-IPM): a new concept simultaneously optimising plant resistance and biocontrol Open
Plant breeding for disease resistance typically focuses on the traits that target pathogens, although such traits may antagonise beneficial microbes, thus thwarting any opportunities for biocontrol. In this paper, we propose the concept of…
View article: Late blight field resistance in potatoes carrying <i>Solanum americanum</i> resistance genes (Rpi-amr3 and Rpi-amr1)
Late blight field resistance in potatoes carrying <i>Solanum americanum</i> resistance genes (Rpi-amr3 and Rpi-amr1) Open
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is an important global crop, but its production is severely impacted by late blight, caused by the pathogen Phytophthora infestans. The economic burden of this disease is significant, and current control strat…
View article: Strategies and Protocols for Optimized Genome Editing in Potato
Strategies and Protocols for Optimized Genome Editing in Potato Open
The potato family includes a highly diverse cultivar repertoire and has a high potential for nutritional yield improvement and refinement but must in line with other crops be adapted to biotic and abiotic stresses, for example, accelerated…
View article: New genomic techniques can contribute to reduced pesticide usage in Europe
New genomic techniques can contribute to reduced pesticide usage in Europe Open
Societal Impact Statement Can modern breeding technologies, such as genome editing, contribute to reduced pesticide usage? This question has been accentuated by a recent legal proposal to exempt genome‐edited plants from the strict regulat…
View article: Comparative proteomic analyses of potato leaves from field-grown plants grown under extremely long days
Comparative proteomic analyses of potato leaves from field-grown plants grown under extremely long days Open
There are limited molecular data and few biomarkers available for studies of field-grown plants, especially for plants grown during extremely long days. In this study we present quantitative proteomics data from 3 years of field trials on …
View article: CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing of potato <i>St</i>DMR6-1 results in plants less affected by different stress conditions
CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing of potato <i>St</i>DMR6-1 results in plants less affected by different stress conditions Open
Potato is the third most important food crop, but cultivation is challenged by numerous diseases and adverse abiotic conditions. To combat diseases, frequent fungicide application is common. Knocking out susceptibility genes by genome edit…
View article: Streptomyces alleviate abiotic stress in plant by producing pteridic acids
Streptomyces alleviate abiotic stress in plant by producing pteridic acids Open
Soil microbiota can confer fitness advantages to plants and increase crop resilience to drought and other abiotic stressors. However, there is little evidence on the mechanisms correlating a microbial trait with plant abiotic stress tolera…
View article: Insights on cisgenic plants with durable disease resistance under the European Green Deal
Insights on cisgenic plants with durable disease resistance under the European Green Deal Open
Significant shares of harvests are lost to pests and diseases, therefore, minimizing these losses could solve part of the supply constraints to feed the world. Cisgenesis is defined as the insertion of genetic material into a recipient org…
View article: Biological control of strawberry diseases by Aureobasidium pullulans and sugar beet extract under field conditions
Biological control of strawberry diseases by Aureobasidium pullulans and sugar beet extract under field conditions Open
Grey mould (caused by Botrytis cinerea ) is the most important pathogen underlying high fungicide dependence in strawberry fields. Reliable biocontrol agents (BCAs) with improved efficiency are needed to replace fungicides. The yeast-like …
View article: Double trouble: Co‐infection of potato with the causal agents of late and early blight
Double trouble: Co‐infection of potato with the causal agents of late and early blight Open
Global potato production is plagued by multiple pathogens, amongst which are Phytophthora infestans and Alternaria solani , the causal agents of potato late blight and early blight, respectively. Both these pathogens have different lifesty…
View article: Streptomyces alleviate abiotic stress in plant by producing pteridic acids
Streptomyces alleviate abiotic stress in plant by producing pteridic acids Open
Soil microbiota can confer fitness advantages to plants and increase crop resilience to drought and other abiotic stressors. However, there is little evidence on the mechanisms correlating a microbial trait with plant abiotic stress tolera…
View article: <i>Streptomyces</i>alleviate abiotic stress in plant by producing pteridic acids
<i>Streptomyces</i>alleviate abiotic stress in plant by producing pteridic acids Open
Soil microbiota can confer fitness advantages to plants and increase crop resilience to drought and other abiotic stressors. However, there is little evidence on the mechanisms correlating a microbial trait with plant abiotic stress tolera…
View article: Genetically modified (GM) late blight-resistant potato and consumer attitudes before and after a field visit
Genetically modified (GM) late blight-resistant potato and consumer attitudes before and after a field visit Open
Late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans, is the most devastating disease in potato production. Here, we show full late blight resistance in a location with a genetically diverse pathogen population with the use of GM potato stacked w…
View article: Corrigendum: Strategies for Efficient Gene Editing in Protoplasts of Solanum tuberosum Theme: Determining gRNA Efficiency Design by Utilizing Protoplast (Research)
Corrigendum: Strategies for Efficient Gene Editing in Protoplasts of Solanum tuberosum Theme: Determining gRNA Efficiency Design by Utilizing Protoplast (Research) Open
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fgeed.2021.795644.].
View article: Invited Mini-Review Research Topic: Utilization of Protoplasts to Facilitate Gene Editing in Plants: Schemes for In Vitro Shoot Regeneration From Tissues and Protoplasts of Potato and Rapeseed: Implications of Bioengineering Such as Gene Editing of Broad-Leaved Plants
Invited Mini-Review Research Topic: Utilization of Protoplasts to Facilitate Gene Editing in Plants: Schemes for In Vitro Shoot Regeneration From Tissues and Protoplasts of Potato and Rapeseed: Implications of Bioengineering Such as Gene Editing of Broad-Leaved Plants Open
Schemes for efficient regenerationand recovery of shoots from in vitro tissues or single cells, such as protoplasts, are only available for limited numbers of plant species and genotypes and are crucial for establishing gene editing tools …
View article: Double trouble or a blessing in disguise? Co-infection of potato with the causal agents of late and early blight
Double trouble or a blessing in disguise? Co-infection of potato with the causal agents of late and early blight Open
The simultaneous occurrence of multiple diseases is an understudied area in plant pathology; however, studies of animal and human diseases have shown that the presence of multiple pathogens can impact virulence, and the course of disease d…
View article: Strategies for Efficient Gene Editing in Protoplasts of Solanum tuberosum Theme: Determining gRNA Efficiency Design by Utilizing Protoplast (Research)
Strategies for Efficient Gene Editing in Protoplasts of Solanum tuberosum Theme: Determining gRNA Efficiency Design by Utilizing Protoplast (Research) Open
Potato ( Solanum tuberosum ) is a highly diverse tetraploid crop. Elite cultivars are extremely heterozygous with a high prevalence of small length polymorphisms (indels) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within and between cultiv…
View article: Leaf Apoplast of Field-Grown Potato Analyzed by Quantitative Proteomics and Activity-Based Protein Profiling
Leaf Apoplast of Field-Grown Potato Analyzed by Quantitative Proteomics and Activity-Based Protein Profiling Open
Multiple biotic and abiotic stresses challenge plants growing in agricultural fields. Most molecular studies have aimed to understand plant responses to challenges under controlled conditions. However, studies on field-grown plants are sca…
View article: Potato trait development going fast-forward with genome editing
Potato trait development going fast-forward with genome editing Open
Implementations and improvements of genome editing techniques used in plant science have increased exponentially. For some crops, such as potato, the use of transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALEN) and clustered regularly in…
View article: ‘Resistance Mixtures’ Reduce Insect Herbivory in Strawberry (Fragaria vesca) Plantations
‘Resistance Mixtures’ Reduce Insect Herbivory in Strawberry (Fragaria vesca) Plantations Open
The transition toward more sustainable plant protection with reduced pesticide use is difficult, because there is no “silver bullet” available among nonchemical tools. Integrating several plant protection approaches may thus be needed for …
View article: Visualising the ionome in resistant and susceptible plant–pathogen interactions
Visualising the ionome in resistant and susceptible plant–pathogen interactions Open
SUMMARY At the morphological and anatomical levels, the ionome, or the elemental composition of an organism, is an understudied area of plant biology. In particular, the ionomic responses of plant–pathogen interactions are scarcely describ…
View article: A Fast, Nondestructive Method for the Detection of Disease-Related Lesions and Wounded Leaves
A Fast, Nondestructive Method for the Detection of Disease-Related Lesions and Wounded Leaves Open
Trypan blue staining is a classic way of visualizing leaf disease and wound responses in plants, but it involves working with toxic chemicals and is time-consuming (2-3 days). Here, the investigators established near-infrared scanning with…
View article: Biological control of strawberry crown rot, root rot and grey mould by the beneficial fungus Aureobasidium pullulans
Biological control of strawberry crown rot, root rot and grey mould by the beneficial fungus Aureobasidium pullulans Open
Utilization of biocontrol agents is a sustainable approach to reduce plant diseases caused by fungal pathogens. In the present study, we tested the effect of the candidate biocontrol fungus Aureobasidium pullulans (De Bary) G. Armaud on st…
View article: Biological control of strawberry crown rot, root rot and grey mould by the beneficial fungus Aureobasidium pullulans
Biological control of strawberry crown rot, root rot and grey mould by the beneficial fungus Aureobasidium pullulans Open
Utilization of biocontrol agents is a sustainable approach to reduce plant diseases caused by fungal pathogens. In the present study, we tested the effect of the candidate biocontrol fungus Aureobasidium pullulans (De Bary) G. Armaud on st…
View article: Mutations introduced in susceptibility genes through CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing confer increased late blight resistance in potatoes
Mutations introduced in susceptibility genes through CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing confer increased late blight resistance in potatoes Open
The use of pathogen-resistant cultivars is expected to increase yield and decrease fungicide use in agriculture. However, in potato breeding, increased resistance obtained via resistance genes (R-genes) is hampered because R-gene(s) are of…
View article: Stable bull fertility protein markers in seminal plasma
Stable bull fertility protein markers in seminal plasma Open
Bull fertility is an important trait in breeding as the semen of one bull can, potentially, be used to perform thousands of inseminations. The high number of inseminations needed to obtain reliable measures from Non-Return Rates to oestrus…