Cereal crops, including triticeae species (barley, wheat, rye), as well as edible cereals
(wheat, corn, rice, oat, rye, sorghum), are significant suppliers for human consumption …

The CRISPR‐Cas‐based genome editing field in plants is expanding rapidly. Editing plant
promoters to obtain cis‐regulatory alleles with altered expression levels or patterns of target …

Gene upregulation through genome editing is important for plant research and breeding.
Targeted insertion of short transcriptional enhancers (STEs) into gene promoters may offer a …

Among CRISPR-Cas genome editing systems, Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9),
sourced from a human pathogen, is the most widely used. Here, through in silico data …

Genome editing can transform agriculture and shape the future of food by improving crop
yields and animal productivity, which in turn can help to achieve food security for the …

Aspirations for high crop growth and yield, nutritional quality and bioproduction of materials
are challenged by climate change and limited adoption of new technologies. Here, we …

Tandem repeats (TRs) are genomic regions that tandemly change in repeat number, which
are often multiallelic. Their characteristics and contributions to gene expression and …

Gene expression plays a fundamental role in the regulation of agronomically important traits
in crop plants. The genetic manipulation of plant promoters through genome editing has …

Crop improvement by genome editing involves the targeted alteration of genes to improve
plant traits, such as stress tolerance, disease resistance or nutritional content. Techniques …

Dear Editor, 1 Base editors (BEs) are promising tools enabling a single nucleotide
substitution in a 2 specific target gene to generate either loss-of-function or gain-of-function …