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Table 6 The application of genome editing techniques for the improvement of agronomic traits in crops

From: Advances in genomic tools for plant breeding: harnessing DNA molecular markers, genomic selection, and genome editing

Crop

Technology

Target genes

Result/Trait improvement

Reference

Rice

CRISPR-Cas9

GS2

Increased grain size and yield and bigger grain length/width ratio

Wang et al. [169]

Rice

CRISPR-Cas9

RBL1

Broad-spectrum disease resistance

Sha et al. [145]

Rice

CRISPR-Cas9

OsCul3a

Xanthomonas oryzae/Magnaportheoryzae resistance

Gao et al. [50]

Rice

CRISPR-Cas9

OsPi21, OsXa13

Magnaportheoryzae/Xanthomonas oryzae resistance

Li et al. [89]

Rice

CRISPR-Cas9

SWEET11, SWEET13 and SWEET14/promoter

Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzae resistance

Oliva et al. [119]

Rice

CRISPR-Cas9

EBEs of OsSWEET14

Resistance to Xanthomonas oryzaepv. oryzae

Zafar et al. [187]

Rice

CRISPR-Cas9

ERA1

Drought tolerance

Ogata et al. [117]

Rice

CRISPR-Cas9

bHLH024

Salinity tolerance

Alam et al. [2]

Rice

CRISPR-Cas9

miR535

Tolerance to drought and salinity

Yue et al. [186]

Wheat

CRISPR-Cas9

Ppd-1

Increase in 1000-grain weight, grain width, grain length, plant height, and spikelets per spike

Errum et al. [43]

Wheat

TALEN

TaMLO

Powdery mildew resistance

Wang et al. [172]

Wheat

CRISPR-Cas9

TaNFXL1

Fusarium graminearum resistance

Brauer et al. [17]

Wheat

CRISPR-Cas9

NAC071-A

Drought sensitive

Mao et al. [106]

Wheat

CRISPR-Cas9

MYBL1

Drought sensitive

Mao et al. [106]

Maize

ZFN

PAT

Herbicide resistance

Schornack et al. [143]

Maize

CRISPR-Cas9

ZmPLA1

Haploid induction in tropical maize line

Rangari et al. [129]

Maize

CRISPR-Cas9

abh2

Drought tolerance

[95]

Maize

CRISPR-Cas9

STL1

Salinity tolerance

Wang et al. [171]

Barley

CRISPR-Cas9

HvMorc1

Resistance against Blumeriagraminis and Fusarium graminearum

Kumar et al. [81]

Barley

CRISPR-Cas9

HVP10

Salinity sensitive

Fu et al. [47]

Barley

CRISPR-Cas9

ß-1-3glucanase

Reduction of callose deposition in maize sieve tubes

Kim et al. [78]

Arabidopsis

CRISPR-Cas9

eIF4E

Transgene free resistant against Clover yellow vein virus

Bastet et al. [9]

Arabidopsis

CRISPR-Cas9

TRE1

Drought tolerance

Nunez-Munoz et al. [116]

Arabidopsis

CRISPR-Cas9

C/VIF1

Salinity tolerance

Yang et al. [181]

Soybean

CRISPR-Cas9

FAD2

Increase in oleic acid content

Zhou et al. [197]

Soybean

CRISPR-Cas9

GmF3H1/2, FNSII-1

Soybean mosaic virus

[191, 195]

Soybean

CRISPR-Cas9

MYB118

Sensitive to drought, salinity

Du et al. [39]

Cotton

CRISPR-Cas9

GhDIR5 and GhDIR6

Toxicity-depleted cotton seed

Lin et al. [92]

Cotton

CRISPR-Cas9

Gh14-3-3d

Verticillium dahlia resistance

Zhang et al. [193]

Cotton

CRISPR-Cas9

ALARP

Cotton fiber development

Sander and Joung [139]

Tobacco

CRISPR-Cas9

IR, C1

Cotton leaf curl multan virus resistance

Yin et al. [183]

Tomato

CRISPR-Cas9

Solyc08g075770

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici

Prihatna et al. [123]

Tomato

CRISPR-Cas9

GID1a

Drought tolerance

Illouz-Eliaz et al. [68]

Tomato

CRISPR-Cas9

ABIG1

Salinity tolerance

Ding et al. [38]

Tomato

CRISPR-Cas9

GRXS14, GRXS15, GRXS16, GRXS17

Sensitive to heat, chilling, drought, heavy metal toxicity, nutrient deficiency

Kakeshpour et al. [76]

Brassica napus

CRISPR-Cas9

BnCRT1a

Verticillium longisporum resistance

Probsting et al. [124]

Potato

TALEN

ALS

Herbicide resistance

Butler et al. [19]

Capsicum

CRISPR-Cas9

CaERF28

Anthracnose disease resistance

Mishra et al. [113]