What is the available evidence for the range of applications of genome-editing as a new tool for plant trait modification and the potential occurrence of associated off-target effects: a systematic map

Modrzejewski, Dominik; Hartung, Frank; Sprink, Thorben; Krause, Dörthe; Kohl, Christian; Wilhelm, Ralf

doi:10.1186/s13750-019-0171-5

Environmental Evidence

Table 2 Genome-editing in plants for modifying agronomically relevant traits (1996–May 2018)

From: What is the available evidence for the range of applications of genome-editing as a new tool for plant trait modification and the potential occurrence of associated off-target effects: a systematic map

Plant	Developer, producer, country	Trait	Specification	Technological specification	References
Canola	Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany	Increased yield	Increased shatter resistance to avoid seed loss during mechanical harvest	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[41]
Canola	Huazhong Agricultural University, China	Increased yield	Increased seeds number per husk, higher seed weight	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[42]
Cotton	Anhui Agricultural University, China; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China	Growth characteristics	Improved root growth under high and low nitrogen conditions	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[43]
Cucumber	Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China	Growth characteristics	Only female flowers	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[44]
Lettuce	University of California, USA	Increased yield	Germination at high temperature	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[45]
Maize	Benson Hill Biosystems, USA	Increased yield	Increased photosynthesis efficiency	Meganuclease SDN3	[46]
Maize	University of Wisconsin, USA	Growth characteristics	Early flowering under long day conditions	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[47]
Maize	DuPont Pioneer, USA	Growth characteristics	Male sterility	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[48, 49]
	University of Science and Technology Beijing, China; Beijing Solidwill Sci-Tech Co. Ltd, China			CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[4]
	Chinese Academy of Sciences, China			CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[50]
Maize	Syngenta Seeds, USA	Growth characteristics	Haploid induction	TALENs SDN1	[51]
Potato	Cellectis Plant Science, USA	Storage characteristics	Improved cold storage and processing traits (reduced sugars/reduced levels of acrylamide)	TALENs SDN1	[52]
Rice	Chinese Academy of Sciences, China	Increased yield	Altered grain number per panicle	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[53]
Rice	National Rice Research Institute, China	Increased yield	Altered grain number per panicle	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[54]
Rice	Chinese Academy of Sciences, China	Increased yield	Seed size/increased seed weight	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[53]
	Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China			CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[55]
	Fudan University, China			CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[56]
	Yangzhou University, China			CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[57]
	Agronomy College of Henan Agricultural University, China			CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[58]
	Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China; Yangzhou University, China			CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[59]
Rice	Chinese Academy of Sciences, China	Growth characteristics	Increased plant height, improved tiller-production, erect panicle, increased biomass	CRISPR/Cas9; SDN1	[53, 60]
	Wuhan Institute of Bioengineering; Huazhong Agricultural University, China			CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[60]
	Sichuan Agricultural University			CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[61]
	Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China; Yangzhou University, China			CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[59]
Rice	Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China; Jangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China	Growth characteristics	Early maturing	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[62]
Rice	Kyung Hee University, South Korea	Growth characteristics	Male sterility	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[63]
	Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China			CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[64]
	South China Agricultural University, China			CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[65, 66]
	Sichuan Agricultural University, China			CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[67, 68]
Rice	Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China	Increased yield	Regulation of pollen tube growth	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[69]
Rice	China Agricultural University, China	Storage characteristics	Increased seed storage	TALENs SDN1	[70]
Rice	China National Rice Research Institute, China; China Three Gorges University, China	Increased yield	Increased seed setting rate	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[71]
Rice	Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China	Increased yield	Longer panicle	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[55]
Rice	Nanjing Agricultural University, China	Increased yield	Grain yield, regulation of seed development	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[72]
Rice	Chinese Academy of Sciences, China	Growth characteristics	Decreased plant height	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[73]
Rice	Syngenta Biotechnology, China	Growth characteristics	Decreased plant height	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[74]
Rice	Wuhan Institute of Bioengineering, China; Huazhong Agricultural University, China	Increased yield	Increased nitrogen utilization efficiency	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[60]
Rice	Hunan Normal University, China	Growth characteristics	Regulation of seed dormancy, stomatal opening, plant developmental, abiotic stress tolerance and leaf senescence	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[75]
Soybean	Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China	Growth characteristics	Late flowering	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[76]
Switchgrass	Iowa State University, USA	Growth characteristics	Bushy phenotype	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[77]
Tomato	National Food Research Institute, Japan	Increased yield	Regulating fruit ripening	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[78]
Tomato	University of Minnesota, USA	Growth characteristics	Bigger seedlings	TALENs SDN1	[79]
Tomato	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA; Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany; Université Paris-Scalay, France	Growth characteristics	Early flowering	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[80]
Tomato	University of Florida, USA	Growth characteristics	Easy separation of fruit and stem	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[81]
Tomato	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA	Increased yield	Fruit size	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[82]
Tomato	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA	Increased yield	Highly branched inflorescence and formation of multiple flowers	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[82]
Tomato	Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel	Growth characteristics	Yellow fruit color	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[83]
Tomato	Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel	Growth characteristics	Yellow fruit color	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN 3	[84]
Tomato	Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel	Growth characteristics	Orange fruit color	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN3	[84]
Tomato	Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences; Chinese Academy of Sciences, China	Growth characteristics	Pink fruit color	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[85]
Wheat	Kansas State University, USA	Increased yield	Bigger grains, increased grain weight	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[86]
Wheat	Chinese Academy of Sciences, China	Increased yield	Bigger grains, increased grain weight	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[87]
Wild strawberry	University of Maryland, USA	Growth characteristics	Faster seedling growth	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[88]

TALENs Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nucleases, CRISPR/Cas9 Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/CRISPR associated protein 9, SDN Site directed nucleases

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