Advancing Crop Transformation in the Era of Genome Editing
University of Florida · University of Minnesota · +19 more institutions
Abstract
Plant transformation has enabled fundamental insights into plant biology and revolutionized commercial agriculture. Unfortunately, for most crops, transformation and regeneration remain arduous even after more than 30 years of technological advances. Genome editing provides novel opportunities to enhance crop productivity but relies on genetic transformation and plant regeneration, which are bottlenecks in the process. Here, we review the state of plant transformation and point to innovations needed to enable genome editing in crops. Plant tissue culture methods need optimization and simplification for efficiency and minimization of time in culture. Currently, specialized facilities exist for crop…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 28.03
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 92
Authors
20Topics & keywords
- Genome editing
- Biology
- Transformation (genetics)
- Genome
- Biotechnology
- Reprogramming
- Computational biology
- Agrobacterium
- Zero hunger