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CRISPR/Cas in Arabidopsis: overcoming challenges to accelerate improvements in crop photosynthetic efficiencies
Author(s) -
Khumsupan Panupon,
Donovan Sophie,
McCormick Alistair J.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/ppl.12937
Subject(s) - crispr , genome editing , arabidopsis , biology , crop , arabidopsis thaliana , microbiology and biotechnology , computational biology , computer science , gene , genetics , ecology , mutant
The rapid and widespread adoption of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas technologies has allowed genetic editing in plants to enter a revolutionary new era. In this mini review, we highlight the current CRISPR/Cas tools available in plants and the use of Arabidopsis thaliana as a model to guide future improvements in crop yields, such as enhancing photosynthetic potential. We also outline the current socio‐political landscape for CRISPR/Cas research and highlight the growing need for governments to better facilitate research into plant genetic‐editing technologies.