Plant Genome Editing

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A clean chassis for Rubisco engineering 🌱

This TPJ study uses multiplex genome editing in tobacco to generate a recipient line for testing engineered Rubisco variants, a useful platform for improving photosynthetic efficiency.

https://t.co/9c8gNCahTQ

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Programmable DNA integration in plants 🌱🧬

This bioRxiv preprint establishes CRISPR-associated transposases (CASTs) as a functional platform for RNA-guided DNA insertion in plant cells, including chromosomal integration and endogenous-locus targeting
https://t.co/Y4FjUMCUPI

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Gene editing for dense planted soybean 🌱🧬

CRISPR/Cas9 editing of four Ca²⁺-binding receptor like cytoplasmic kinase genes improves soybean seed size and yield under high-density planting https://t.co/sOW3Khtp0G

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Virus-enabled, transgene-free editing in plants 🌱🧬

This TPJ study uses Cymbidium mosaic virus to deliver CRISPR-Cas9 components for efficient multiplex genome editing, offering a promising route toward DNA-free plant editing.
https://t.co/TmUGpcZ8yQ

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HI-Edit gets a major efficiency boost in maize 🌽🧬

Optimized LbCas12aV, post-pollination heat treatment, and UBA2 fusion improve haploid editing rates, enabling more scalable genome editing directly in elite maize lines.
https://t.co/3ZLMBqqI29

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CRISPR reveals DFR is more than a flower-color gene 🌸🧬
In petunia, DFR disruption reduces anthocyanin pigmentation and also alters flavonoid flux, plastidial pigments, and organ size, linking pigment metabolism with development.
https://t.co/eToBtGHEht

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AgroGem: fast transient transformation for plants 🌱🧬
A scalable Agrobacterium–geminiviral replicon system for rapid CRISPR editing, mutation profiling, and functional genetics in Arabidopsis/Brassicaceae. https://t.co/o5VQ30pDaE
#PlantScience #CRISPR

[Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge @camplantsci]

Job opportunity!

Research Assistant / Research Associate

An opportunity to be a part of a pioneering new effort to generate fully synthetic plant chromosomes.

Apply by Sunday 19 July 2026: https://t.co/pKrnJAtMfH

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Tissue-specific editing for nutrient stress tolerance 🌾
Vascular-specific genome editing enhances low-phosphate tolerance in rice, showing how spatial control of CRISPR activity can improve stress resilience while targeting key tissues.
https://t.co/tJNbB5gJRA
#CRISPR #Rice

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CRISPR mutant libraries are moving into elite rapeseed
This study builds a small-scale CRISPR knockout collection in commercial cultivar Zhongshuang 11, identifies trait variation, and validates BnFAB1B as a promising target to increase seed oil content https://t.co/b1vkFSaVSS

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CRISPR-Combo expands beyond SpCas9 🌱🧬
iSpyMacCas9-Combo enables multiplex editing of AT-rich rice targets while activating OsBBM1, improving editing efficiency and supporting hormone-free regeneration https://t.co/4HcPW0lMjS

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Better RT, better prime editing? 🌱🧬
This study engineers enRERV-RT, a new reverse transcriptase that boosts prime editing efficiency in rice cells, another step toward more predictable precision breeding in crops. https://t.co/p9oPPlz981

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From editing to engineering at scale 🧬
This preprint maps the rules behind Cas12a-mediated precision genome editing, showing how guide, donor, and sequence context can be optimized for genome-scale variant engineering.
https://t.co/HSWdZyoQel

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CRISPR/Cas9 mutation of BnaA5.JAR1 improves rapeseed tolerance to boron deficiency 🌱
The study shows that disrupting JAR1 enhances calcium–pectin cross-linking, helping maintain cell wall integrity and plant growth under low-boron stress https://t.co/fNZs6sUm80

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New CRISPR platform for sugarbeet 🌱
This study reports CRISPR/Cas9 editing of Mg-chelatase and PDS in Beta vulgaris, generating visible leaf color phenotypes with editing efficiencies of 60.0% and 68.75%, respectively https://t.co/YujolgLQHt

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A simple fluorescence-based transient assay to test plant uORFs 🌱🔬
Useful tool for rapidly screening transcript leaders and regulatory elements before moving to stable plant transformation https://t.co/yid1cEJGXb

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Climate change threatens crop nutrition, but genetics offers solutions 🌾🌍
This Nature review highlights how CRISPR, metabolic engineering and biofortification can help improve vitamins and minerals in future crops.
https://t.co/9q7uiD4pT5

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Genome editing reaches European beech 🌳
This preprint reports PEG-mediated transformation and ttLbCas12a editing of FsPDS, with editing efficiencies up to 32.69%, a promising toolkit for forest tree biotechnology https://t.co/wohdMVZS27

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A new route for targeted gene addition in plants 🌱
This study repurposes R2 retrotransposons for site-specific insertion of multikilobase DNA into rDNA loci in tobacco and rice without relying on CRISPR-induced double-strand breaks https://t.co/TlYmJcmud7

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Prime editing meets rice floral biology 🌾🧬
Loss-of-function of MIR172b and precise editing of SNB reveal a regulatory module controlling cleistogamy with potential value for hybrid seed production and gene containment https://t.co/81bbDe4FMA