Application of CRISPR Technology in Horticulture
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Genetics, Genomics, Breeding, and Biotechnology (G2B2)".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 3097
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biosafety of transgenic plants; fruit and forest trees; in vitro culture; plant genetic engineering; tree physiology
Interests: transgenic plants; molecular biology; berry crops; micropropagation; molecular markers
Special Issue Information
In the past few years, CRISPR/Cas-technology-based genome-editing techniques have rapidly developed, not only to study the function of plant genes but also to modify and improve crop plants. Genomic editing is already being used to produce plants that are resistant to diseases and herbicides and tolerant to sources of abiotic stress (e.g., drought, cold, and salinity). Using genome-editing tools, it is possible to obtain plants with increased productivity and improved nutritional quality, which is especially important for fruit and berry crops. The Special Issue “Application of CRISPR Technology in Horticulture” aims to summarize all recent activities around the world aimed at improving horticultural crops by genome-editing methods. We invite researchers using various types of CRISPR/Cas systems to submit original research and review articles for this Special Issue.
Dr. Vadim Lebedev
Dr. Konstantin Shestibratov
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- base editing
- CRISPR/Cas9
- gene editing
- genome editing
- guide RNA
- horticultural crop improvement
- precision breeding
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