The use of computational and high-throughput methods, such as genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, or known collectively as “-omics”, to study plant biology for well over a decade now. As these tech
Experience shows that biotic stresses occur with different levels of intensity in nearly all agricultural areas around the world. The occurrence of insects, weeds and diseases caused by fungi, bacteri
The rapid population growth and the increase in the per capita income, especially in the group of emerging countries referred to as BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) has c
