<p>Horticultural crops, with their cost-effectiveness, rich mineral and vitamin content, and high yield potential, have become indispensable worldwide for ensuring food and nutritional security. With the world’s population on the rise and climate change becoming more prominent, it is crucial to focus on creating resilient, high-yielding crop varieties that can withstand the changing climate. Genetic improvement of different horticultural crops using conventional tools is both time-consuming and labourious. However, the breeding period can be cut short by adopting modern breeding techniques, including CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome editing. In the present review, we discuss the progress made so far through genome editing to improve several horticultural crops for various traits like stress resistance, morphology, nutritional attributes, quality, shelf life, male sterility, architecture and economic yield. We have also discussed the emerging CRISPR technologies like base editing, epigenome editing, CRE editing, transposon-based editing, prime editing etc., along with their pros and cons and the future prospects. The ethical considerations for commercialization and current regulatory frameworks for gene-edited products have also been discussed.</p>

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CRISPR mediated gene editing for economically important traits in horticultural crops: progress and prospects

  • Saheb Pal,
  • Ram Krishna,
  • Labdhi Dedhia,
  • Hukum Singh Panwar,
  • Suhas Gorakh Karkute,
  • Nagendra Rai,
  • Rajesh Kumar,
  • Sudhakar Pandey,
  • Achuit Kumar Singh

摘要

Horticultural crops, with their cost-effectiveness, rich mineral and vitamin content, and high yield potential, have become indispensable worldwide for ensuring food and nutritional security. With the world’s population on the rise and climate change becoming more prominent, it is crucial to focus on creating resilient, high-yielding crop varieties that can withstand the changing climate. Genetic improvement of different horticultural crops using conventional tools is both time-consuming and labourious. However, the breeding period can be cut short by adopting modern breeding techniques, including CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome editing. In the present review, we discuss the progress made so far through genome editing to improve several horticultural crops for various traits like stress resistance, morphology, nutritional attributes, quality, shelf life, male sterility, architecture and economic yield. We have also discussed the emerging CRISPR technologies like base editing, epigenome editing, CRE editing, transposon-based editing, prime editing etc., along with their pros and cons and the future prospects. The ethical considerations for commercialization and current regulatory frameworks for gene-edited products have also been discussed.