| Literature DB >> 31321686 |
Fabien Nogué1, Philippe Vergne2, Anne-Marie Chèvre3, Jean-Eric Chauvin3, Oumaya Bouchabké-Coussa1, Annabelle Déjardin4, Elisabeth Chevreau5, Laurence Hibrand-Saint Oyant5, Marianne Mazier6, Pierre Barret7, Emmanuel Guiderdoni8, Christophe Sallaud9, Séverine Foucrier10, Pierre Devaux11, Peter M Rogowsky12.
Abstract
The large French research project GENIUS (2012-2019, https://www6.inra.genius-project_eng/ ) provides a good showcase of current genome editing techniques applied to crop plants. It addresses a large variety of agricultural species (rice, wheat, maize, tomato, potato, oilseed rape, poplar, apple and rose) together with some models (Arabidopsis, Brachypodium, Physcomitrella). Using targeted mutagenesis as its work horse, the project is limited to proof of concept under confined conditions. It mainly covers traits linked to crop culture, such as disease resistance to viruses and fungi, flowering time, plant architecture, tolerance to salinity and plant reproduction but also addresses traits improving the quality of agricultural products for industrial purposes. Examples include virus resistant tomato, early flowering apple and low-amylose starch potato. The wide range of traits illustrates the potential of genome editing towards a more sustainable agriculture through the reduction of pesticides and to the emergence of innovative bio-economy sectors based on custom tailored quality traits.Entities:
Keywords: Agriculture; CRISPR-Cas9; Genome editing; New plant breeding techniques
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Year: 2019 PMID： 31321686 DOI： 10.1007/s11248-019-00135-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Transgenic Res ISSN： 0962-8819 Impact factor: 2.788