Frontiers in Plant Science | Plant Biotechnology

Original Research

Published on 23 Oct 2025

RNAi spray-induced gene silencing of EPSPS by topical application of dsRNA in the weed Digitaria insularis

in Plant Biotechnology

Leonardo A. Cintra
Juliana Da Rosa
Rafael De Assis
Silvana R. R. Marin
Fernando S. Adegas
Elibio L. Rech
Alexandre L. Nepomuceno
Liliane M. Mertz-Henning

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1688755

784 views

Original Research

Published on 23 Oct 2025

Large scale deletion and rebalancing within the k1C kafirin family in sorghum

in Plant Biotechnology

Tyler W. Ferris
Preston J. Hurst
Abou Yobi
Bara Alartouri
Aixia Li
Ruthie Angelovici
Thomas E. Clemente
David R. Holding

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1686027

566 views

Original Research

Accepted on 21 Oct 2025

Oryzalin-Induced Polyploidy in Borago officinalis Reveals Cell-Wall Remodelling via Immunofluorescence Microscopy

in Plant Biotechnology

Josef Baltazar Šenkyrík
Anna Milewska-Hendel
Daniel Král
Vladan Ondřej

Frontiers in Plant Science

214 views

Original Research

Published on 21 Oct 2025

Construction of a co-expression network and mining of core genes for genic male sterility in sweet pepper based on transcriptome and WGCNA analysis

in Plant Biotechnology

Yaning Meng
Zhe Zhang
Xinxin Li
Hongxiao Zhang
Zhanghong Yu
Yanqin Fan
Libin Yan

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1668660

705 views

Review

Published on 17 Oct 2025

Watermelon fruit metabolome gene discovery and its application in breeding: a review

in Plant Biotechnology

Fikru Tamiru Kenea
Nan He
Xuqiang Lu
Xiaowen Luo
Hongju Zhu
Wenge Liu

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1687406

927 views

Original Research

Accepted on 15 Oct 2025

A WRKY transcription factor, SlWRKY75, positively regulates tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum

in Plant Biotechnology

Na Chen
Lingzeng Lv
Lian Duan
Jiajun Wu
Qin Shao
Xiaopeng Li
Qineng Lu

Frontiers in Plant Science

248 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Oct 2025

Co-inoculation of Bacillus subtilis and Bradyrhizobium liaoningense increased soybean yield and improved soil bacterial community composition in coastal saline-alkali land

in Plant Biotechnology

Caizhi He
Tongguo Gao
Xinxin Wang
Renqiang Chen
Huiyan Gao
Hongquan Liu

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1677763

869 views

Editorial

Accepted on 13 Oct 2025

Editorial: Engineering future crops through genome editing

in Plant Biotechnology

Aytug Tuncel
Hyun Uk Kim
Min Chul Kim

Frontiers in Plant Science

348 views

Original Research

Published on 08 Oct 2025

PacBio single-molecule long-read transcriptome sequencing and analysis of somatic embryogenesis in Picea mongolica

in Plant Biotechnology

Jinling Dai
Shengli Zhang
Yu’e Bai

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1682365

1,307 views

Original Research

Published on 06 Oct 2025

Efficient accumulation of new irregular monoterpene malonyl glucosides in Nicotiana benthamiana achieved by co-expression of isoprenyl diphosphate synthases and substrate-producing enzymes

in Plant Biotechnology

Iryna Gerasymenko
Yuriy V. Sheludko
Volker Schmidts
Heribert Warzecha

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1678814

1,177 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Oct 2025

Combining AI and new genomic techniques to ‘fine-tune’ plants: challenges in risk assessment

in Plant Biotechnology

Matthias Juhas
Bernd Rodekohr
Andreas Bauer-Panskus
Christoph Then

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1677066

3,484 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 24 Sep 2025

Production of recombinant IgA1 with defined mucin-type O-glycans in Nicotiana tabacum BY-2 cells

in Plant Biotechnology

Nicolas Bailly
Clemens Grünwald-Gruber
Marie Peeters
François Chaumont
Catherine Navarre

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1675517

2,577 views

Original Research

Published on 19 Sep 2025

Development of a highly efficient protoplast regeneration and transfection protocol for enhancing CRISPR genome editing of Brassica carinata

in Plant Biotechnology

Xueyuan Li
Misteru Tesfaye
Sjur Sandgrind
Rui Guan
Li-Hua Zhu

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1604283

2,260 views

Original Research

Accepted on 18 Sep 2025

Green Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Using Indigenous Medicinal Plants for Antibacterial Applications: A Smart IoT-Integrated Framework for Sustainable Input Management in Organic Farming

in Plant Biotechnology

Tarun Madan Kanade`

Frontiers in Plant Science

1,466 views

Original Research

Published on 16 Sep 2025

Whole-genome identification and functional analysis of grape bHLH transcription factors: new insights into the regulation of monoterpene biosynthesis

in Plant Biotechnology

Qian Sun
Zhenhua Liu
Xiaoyue Wang
Ailing Yan
Jiancheng Ren
Huiling Wang
Lei Sun

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1653650

2,625 views

Original Research

Published on 16 Sep 2025

Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing of phytoene desaturase in Musa-AAA: a critical step for genetic improvement of east African highland bananas

in Plant Biotechnology

Frank Kalungi
Julius Mulindwa
Abubakar Sadik Mustafa
Priver Bwesigye Namanya
Jerome Kubiriba
Alex Barekye
Jimmy Moses Tindamanyire

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1677409

2,993 views