Tissue Culture-Free Plant Genome Editing and Transgenesis
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 134
Special Issue Editor
2. Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Plant and Soil Science Department, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
Interests: genome editing; photosynthesis engineering; synthetic biology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Genome editing and transgenesis have become powerful tools for plant functional genetics research and genetic improvement of agricultural crops. However, the application of gene editing and transgenesis has been slow due to inefficient methods of reagent delivery and the reliance on tissue culture to create gene-edited or transgenic plants. There is a need for novel, alternative approaches to create genetically modified plants more efficiently. This Special Issue aims to cover advances in tissue culture-free plant genome editing and transgenesis technologies and their applications in the functional characterization of plant genes and crop improvement. Original research papers and reviews are welcome.
Dr. Degao Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- CRISPR/Cas
- genome editing
- plant, tissue culture free
- transgenesis
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