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Cover Image: Genome editing in fruit crops
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of integrative plant biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.734
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1744-7909
pISSN - 1672-9072
DOI - 10.1111/jipb.12921
Subject(s) - genome editing , domestication , crispr , genome , cas9 , biology , cover (algebra) , computational biology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , gene , engineering , mechanical engineering
CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing has the potential to revolutionize agriculture. Zhou et al. (269–286) focuses on recent progress in applying CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing tools to fruit crop improvement including cultivated strawberry shown. Challenges facing fruit crops as well as new platforms that could facilitate fruit crop genome editing are discussed. Transgene‐free genome editing and de novo domestication of wild relatives are some of the most exciting new development in the field. The cover photo provided by Junhui Zhou and Zhongchi Liu.