Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a disease of cereal crops caused by trichothecene producing Fusarium species. Trichothecenes, macrocylicic fungal metabolites composed of three fused rings (A-C) with one epoxide functionality, are a class of mycotoxins known to inhibit protein synthesis in eukaryotic ribosomes. These toxins accumulate in the kernels of infected plants rendering them unsuitable for...

Abstract Background To meet increasing demand for forest-based products and protect natural forests from further deforestation requires increased productivity planted forests. Genetic improvement of conifers by traditional breeding is time consuming due to the long juvenile phase genome complexity. modification (GM) offers opportunity make transformational changes in shorter frames but challeng...