Biotechnological Resources to Increase Disease-Resistance by Improving Plant Immunity: A Sustainable Approach to Save Cereal Crop Production

Plant diseases are globally causing substantial losses in staple crop production, undermining the urgent goal of a 60% increase needed to meet the food demand, a task made more challenging by the climate changes. Main consequences concern the reduction of food amount and quality. Crop diseases also...

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Main Authors: Valentina Bigini, Francesco Camerlengo, Ermelinda Botticella, Francesco Sestili, Daniel V. Savatin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Plants
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/6/1146