Plant genetic engineering for biofuel production seeks to redesign the composition and structure of plant biomass to reduce the energetic and chemical inputs required for conversion into liquid fuels.

Amino acid metabolism in plants encompasses the biosynthesis, interconversion and catabolism of the twenty proteinogenic amino acids, which serve as building blocks for proteins, precursors for ...

A recent breakthrough in biotechnology promises to change the landscape of plant genetic engineering. Imagine a persistent invader—Agrobacterium—long used to deliver genes into plants. Despite its ...

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To address these challenges, researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) ...

Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest resistance and other valuable traits. That technology, which loads genetic ...

Genetic engineering, also known as genetic modification, is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells, including the transfer of genes within and across species boundaries to ...