With the absence of efficient drugs and vaccines, the combat against the pathogens causing these diseases has been largely based on methods including larval source reduction and use of insecticides.

Twenty five years ago, the IAEA initiated a research programme on the development of in vitro mutagenesis in banana at the Plant Breeding Laboratory and since then has developed considerable and ...

For centuries, the vast physical diversity of maize, the most popular cereal grain crop globally, has fascinated biologists and plant breeders alike. Early breeders selected the maize variants with ...