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Regeneration finds a new friend

Bisht et al. Identify key factors in wound-activated regenerative cell division. Jefri Heyman1,2 and Lieven De Veylder1,2 1Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium. 2VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium. Background:…

A successful genetic transformation procedure for turnip

Genome editing has strong potential for crop improvement, but its application is restricted by low plant regeneration frequencies and genotype dependencies. Despite its agricultural significance, research on turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa) is hindered by a low efficiency of transformation and shoot…