Topical applicators containing mycological biopolymers are suitable for applying health or cosmetic products to the skin or lips of a subject. The applicators are made from biodegradable mycological biopolymers that are grown from fungi in the presence of a growth medium under a predetermined environment of relative humidity, temperature, carbon dioxide, oxygen and air flow. The topical applicators containing the mycological biopolymers may further contain beneficial agents or products that that may be transferred to the skin or lips, thereby enhancing the health or beauty of a subject.

The present disclosure relates to a single stranded RNA vector suitable for introducing a therapeutic agent, such as a peptide, a protein or a small RNA, into a host plant. The vector does not encode for any movement protein or coat protein, but is capable of capable of systemic and phloem-limited movement and replication within the host plant.

Described herein are biological devices and methods for using the same to produce a polyactive carbohydrate. The biological devices include microbial cells transformed with a DNA construct containing genes for producing a chitin synthase, a chitosanase, 5 and a chitin deacetylase, and, optionally, lipase, regulatory sequence CHR1, transglycosylase, dehydrogenase, and/or (1.fwdarw.3), (1.fwdarw.4)-?-glucan synthase. Methods for using the polyactive carbohydrate are also provided herein including, but not limited to, increasing plant hormone production and improving the appearance and root strength of plants and production of polyurethane biofoams.

The present disclosure relates to recombinant microorganisms engineered for enhanced production of a desired carbohydrate, as well as related biomass, and compositions which are useful, inter alia, as animal feed ingredients. The present disclosure also provides related methods.

The present invention relates to a polypeptide, or a fragment thereof, capable of enhancing callose biosynthesis and/or accumulation, wherein at least one of the conserved amino acid residues selected from the group consisting of residue corresponding to R84 of SEQ ID NO: 1, residue corresponding to R1926 or SEQ ID NO: 1 and residue corresponding to P189 of SEQ ID NO: 1, of the polypeptide or a fragment thereof, is modified by a mutation selected from the group consisting of substitution and deletion.

The present disclosure provides the use of -1,3-glucan synthase like 5 (GSL5) for the improvement of the clubroot resistance in cruciferous crops as well as related products development, belonging to the area of molecular engineering for plant breeding. GSL5 gene is highly conserved in cruciferous plants and mutation of GSL5 can confer a broad-spectrum and high clubroot resistance to the cruciferous crops, demonstrating that molecular engineering of GSL5 can achieve the improvement of the clubroot resistance in cruciferous crops. The present disclosure provides a key gene and techniques for the improvement of the clubroot disease resistance and durable prevention and control of the clubroot disease in cruciferous crops.

The present disclosure provides the use of -1,3-glucan synthase like 5 (GSL5) for the improvement of the clubroot resistance in cruciferous crops as well as related products development, belonging to the area of molecular engineering for plant breeding. GSL5 gene is highly conserved in cruciferous plants and mutation of GSL5 can confer a broad-spectrum and high clubroot resistance to the cruciferous crops, demonstrating that molecular engineering of GSL5 can achieve the improvement of the clubroot resistance in cruciferous crops. The present disclosure provides a key gene and techniques for the improvement of the clubroot disease resistance and durable prevention and control of the clubroot disease in cruciferous crops.