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Application of CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Gene Editing for Abiotic Stress Management in Crop Plants

Version 1 : Received: 6 September 2022 / Approved: 8 September 2022 / Online: 8 September 2022 (03:31:39 CEST)

How to cite: Kumar, M.; Prusty, M.R.; Pandey, M.K.; Singh, P.K.; Guo, B.; Varshney, R.K. Application of CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Gene Editing for Abiotic Stress Management in Crop Plants. Preprints 2022, 2022090117. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202209.0117.v1 Kumar, M.; Prusty, M.R.; Pandey, M.K.; Singh, P.K.; Guo, B.; Varshney, R.K. Application of CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Gene Editing for Abiotic Stress Management in Crop Plants. Preprints 2022, 2022090117. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202209.0117.v1

Abstract

Abiotic stresses, including drought, salinity, cold, heat, and heavy metals, extensively reduce global agricultural production. Approaches such as conventional breeding and transgenic breeding have been widely used to cope with these environmental stresses. The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat- Cas (CRISPR/Cas) based gene-editing tool has revolutionized due to its simplicity, accessibility, adaptability, flexibility, and wide applicability. This system has a great potential to build up crop varieties with enhanced tolerance against abiotic stresses. In this review, we summarize the most recent findings on understanding the mechanism of abiotic stress response in plants and the application of CRISPR/Cas mediated gene-editing system towards enhanced tolerance to drought, salinity, cold, heat, and heavy metals stresses. Furthermore, in this review, we highlighted the recent advancements in prime editing and base editing tools for crop improvement.

Keywords

abiotic stress tolerance; base editing; CRISPR/Cas9; crop production; gene editing; prime editing

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Biology and Biotechnology

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