A Critical Review: Recent Advancements in the Use of CRISPR/Cas9 Technology to Enhance Crops and Alleviate Global Food Crises

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第一作者： Rasheed, Adnan

作者： Rasheed, Adnan;Li, Huijie;Wu, Ziming;Gill, Rafaqat Ali;Zaman, Qamar U.;Hassan, Muhammad Umair;Aamer, Muhammad;Mahmood, Athar;Qari, Sameer;Ilyas, Muhammad;Batool, Maria;Li, Huijie

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关键词： CRISPR; Cas9; crops; yield; biotic; abiotic stresses

期刊名称：CURRENT ISSUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY （ 影响因子：2.976； 五年影响因子：3.139 ）

ISSN： 1467-3037

年卷期： 2021 年 43 卷 3 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Genome editing (GE) has revolutionized the biological sciences by creating a novel approach for manipulating the genomes of living organisms. Many tools have been developed in recent years to enable the editing of complex genomes. Therefore, a reliable and rapid approach for increasing yield and tolerance to various environmental stresses is necessary to sustain agricultural crop production for global food security. This critical review elaborates the GE tools used for crop improvement. These tools include mega-nucleases (MNs), such as zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs), and transcriptional activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs), and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR). Specifically, this review addresses the latest advancements in the role of CRISPR/Cas9 for genome manipulation for major crop improvement, including yield and quality development of biotic stress- and abiotic stress-tolerant crops. Implementation of this technique will lead to the production of non-transgene crops with preferred characteristics that can result in enhanced yield capacity under various environmental stresses. The CRISPR/Cas9 technique can be combined with current and potential breeding methods (e.g., speed breeding and omics-assisted breeding) to enhance agricultural productivity to ensure food security. We have also discussed the challenges and limitations of CRISPR/Cas9. This information will be useful to plant breeders and researchers in the thorough investigation of the use of CRISPR/Cas9 to boost crops by targeting the gene of interest.

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