CRISPR technology: A decade of genome editing is only the beginning

JY Wang, JA Doudna - Science, 2023 - science.org
The advent of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) genome
editing, coupled with advances in computing and imaging capabilities, has initiated a new …

Wheat genomic study for genetic improvement of traits in China

J Xiao, B Liu, Y Yao, Z Guo, H Jia, L Kong… - Science China Life …, 2022 - Springer
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a major crop that feeds 40% of the world's population.
Over the past several decades, advances in genomics have led to tremendous …

Growth–defense trade-offs in plants

Z He, S Webster, SY He - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Walking through a garden or a crop field, you may notice that plants damaged by pests
(insects or pathogens) look smaller than the same kind of plants nearby that are not …

Reducing brassinosteroid signalling enhances grain yield in semi-dwarf wheat

L Song, J Liu, B Cao, B Liu, X Zhang, Z Chen, C Dong… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Modern green revolution varieties of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) confer semi-dwarf and
lodging-resistant plant architecture owing to the Reduced height-B1b (Rht-B1b) and Rht …

Genome editing of a rice CDP-DAG synthase confers multipathogen resistance

G Sha, P Sun, X Kong, X Han, Q Sun, L Fouillen… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The discovery and application of genome editing introduced a new era of plant breeding by
giving researchers efficient tools for the precise engineering of crop genomes. Here we …

Climate change challenges, plant science solutions

NA Eckardt, EA Ainsworth, RN Bahuguna… - The Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Climate change is a defining challenge of the 21st century, and this decade is a critical time
for action to mitigate the worst effects on human populations and ecosystems. Plant science …

Generation of the transgene-free canker-resistant Citrus sinensis using Cas12a/crRNA ribonucleoprotein in the T0 generation

H Su, Y Wang, J Xu, AA Omar, JW Grosser… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Citrus canker caused by Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (Xcc) is a destructive citrus disease
worldwide. Generating disease-resistant cultivars is the most effective, environmentally …

The integrated genomics of crop domestication and breeding

X Huang, S Huang, B Han, J Li - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
As a major event in human civilization, wild plants were successfully domesticated to be
crops, largely owing to continuing artificial selection. Here, we summarize new discoveries …

Manipulating microRNA miR408 enhances both biomass yield and saccharification efficiency in poplar

Y Guo, S Wang, K Yu, HL Wang, H Xu, C Song… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The conversion of lignocellulosic feedstocks to fermentable sugar for biofuel production is
inefficient, and most strategies to enhance efficiency directly target lignin biosynthesis, with …

Efficient and versatile multiplex prime editing in hexaploid wheat

P Ni, Y Zhao, X Zhou, Z Liu, Z Huang, Z Ni, Q Sun… - Genome Biology, 2023 - Springer
Prime editing is limited by low efficiency in plants. Here, we develop an upgraded
engineered plant prime editor in hexaploid wheat, ePPEplus, by introducing a V223A …