Plant Transformation and Genome Editing—2nd Edition
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 18
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant transformation; genome editing; biotechnology
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Dear Colleagues,
Efficient and reliable plant transformation technologies are essential for genome editing, enabling significant advances in crop improvement and functional genomics. Over the past decades, remarkable progress has been made through Agrobacterium-mediated and particle bombardment transformation, the use of plant morphogenic regulators and growth transcription factors, tissue culture regeneration, and improved DNA/ribonucleoprotein (RNP) delivery protocols. Furthermore, the advent of CRISPR/Cas systems—including Cas9, Cas12, base, and prime editors—has revolutionized plant genetics and breeding, attracting global attention and being widely applied in both basic and applied research across diverse crop species.
This Special Issue of Plants will highlight advanced plant transformation techniques, strategies to enhance genome-editing efficiency, DNA (transgene)-free editing, multiplex genome editing, and novel genome-editing approaches for crop improvement.
Dr. Myeong-Je Cho
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant transformation
- gene targeting /knock-in /knock-out
- multiplex genome editing
- DNA (transgene)-free editing
- base/prime editing
- HDR-based editing
- CRISPR/dCas9 system
- off-target effect
- CRISPR/Cas variants
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