Application of CRISPR-Cas in Plant Breeding
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Breeding and Genetics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 August 2023)
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant bioengineering; genetic engineering; gene silencing; virus mediated gene silencing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleague,
With the global population growing at an alarming rate, along with climate change, reduction in arable land, and the emergence of new and evolved pathogens and diseases, ensuring global food security requires the development of high-yielding, disease-resistant and climate-resilient crops.
Recent advancements in precision genome editing using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein (Cas) have revolutionized the genome engineering technology and greatly accelerated plant breeding. CRISPR-Cas has significant potential for plant breeding due to its multifaceted utilization to modulate host genome structure and function, including gene knock-out, knock-in, targeted mutagenesis, and modulation of translation.
This Special Issue will focus on the “Applications of CRISPR-Cas Genetic Engineering Technology in Plant Breeding”. We welcome cutting-edge novel research related to the use of CRISPR-Cas in developing crop with high yield and resistance to biotic factors such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, and insect pests, weeds, and abiotic factors such as salinity, heat, drought, and flood. Reviews and opinion pieces covering all related topics are also welcomed.
Dr. Veerendra Kumar Sharma
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- food security
- genetic engineering
- CRISPR-Cas
- plant breeding
