Transforming viticulture through genomic innovation and integrated pest management for sustainable grape production

Molecular approaches and prospective applications of grapevine breeding methods

From Reproduction to Resilience: New Frameworks for Managing Crop Diversity.

Plant breeding has progressed from phenotype-based selection to increasingly precise genetic and agronomic interventions. Advances in molecular breeding, genome engineering, and crop management have improved productivity, but have also promoted the widespread use of genetically uniform cultivars optimized for controlle...

Genomic architecture and breeding trade‐offs of coconut drought tolerance

The coconut palm is an extremely popular and economically important crop, with around 65 million tonnes produced in 2023. Although Africa's coconut sector is growing rapidly, it—and the livelihoods that depend on it—is threatened by climate change, particularly increased drought. Although developing stress‐resilient...

Wheat Rust Diseases: Global Impact, Integrated Disease Management, and Emerging Biotechnological Innovations for Sustainable Crop Protection

Simple Summary Wheat feeds a large share of the world’s people, yet every growing season it faces a persistent enemy: a group of fungal diseases known as rusts. These fungi travel long distances on the wind, multiply quickly, and keep changing in ways that allow them to defeat the protection bred into wheat plants. Whe...

Beyond Nitrogen Fixation: Multifunctional Roles of Common Bean in Organic Agroecosystems and Ecosystem-Oriented Breeding Strategies

This review reframes P. vulgaris as a breeding target defined by ecosystem function rather than by yield alone, synthesizing evidence on functional biology, biological nitrogen fixation, rhizosphere microbiome assembly and soil ecosystem engineering to identify the trait complexes that ecosystem-oriented breeding progr...

Varietal Diversity in Mediterranean Perennial Crops as a Resource for Future Agricultural Challenges – Case Studies

Mediterranean perennial fruit crops, including grapevines, olives, citrus, and almonds, are increasingly affected by climate change through rising temperatures, prolonged droughts, changing and new pest and disease pressures. Meanwhile, modern production systems depend on a limited number of cultivars, increasing vulne...