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Viral resistance: improved resistance against a tobamovirus, which could threaten tomato, tobacco, potato and squash plants.
(Miyoshi et al., 2024)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Ehime University
Ehime Research Institute of Agriculture, Japan

Fungal resistance: Resistance to pathogen Colletotrichum truncatum, causing anthracnose, a major disease accounting for significant pre- and post-harvest yield losses.
(Mishra et al., 2021)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Centurion University of Technology and Management
Siksha O Anusandhan University
Rama Devi Women'
s University, India

Bacterial resistance: improved resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae, which causes bacterial blight, a devastating rice disease resulting in yield losses.
(Oliva et al., 2019)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

International Rice Research Institute, Philippines
University of Missouri
University of Florida
Iowa State University
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA
Université Montpellier, France
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
Erfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Nagoya University, Japan

Viral resistance: increased resistance against Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV).
(Jogam et al., 2023)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Kakatiya University
Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (DBT-CIAB), India
University of Minnesota
East Carolina University, USA

Viral resistance: increased resistance to infection with the potato virus Y (PVY) and tolerance to salt and osmotic stress. PVY is one of the most economically important potato pathogens
(Makhotenko et al., 2019)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Russia Moscow State University, Russia
Doka Gene Technologies Ltd, USA

Resistance to parasitic weed: Phelipanche aegyptiaca. The obligate root parasitic plant causes great damages to important crops and represents one of the most destructive and greatest challenges for the agricultural economy.
(Bari et al., 2021)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Central University of Punjab, India
Newe Ya’ar Research Center
Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Israel

Bacterial resistance: Plant moderately resistant against a strain of the gram-negative bacterium, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo). Xoo severely impacts rice productivity by causing bacterial leaf blight disease.
(Bhagya Sree et al., 2023)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India

Viral resistance: Resistance to Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV), a major threat to the production of tomato.
(Ishikawa et al., 2022)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Takii and Company Limited, Japan

Viral resistance: resistance to rice tungro disease (RTD), the most important viral disease that limits rice production.
(Kumam et al., 2022)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, India

Fungal resistance: Reduced susceptibility to necrotrophic fungi. Necrotrophic fungi, such as Botrytis cinerea and Alternaria solani, cause severe damage in tomato production.
(Ramirez Gaona et al., 2023)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Wageningen University &
Research, The Netherlands
Takii &
Company Limited, Japan

Fungal resistance: strong resistance against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Fol), which causes Fusarium Wilt Disease in tomato.
(Debbarma et al., 2023)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology
Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research
Assam Agricultural University
Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute
International Crop Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics, India

Fungal resistance: Enhanced resistance to powdery mildew, a fungal disease causing great losses in soybean yield and seed quality.
(Bui et al., 2023)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Institute of Biotechnology
University of Science and Technology of Hanoi
Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
Vietnam Academy of Agriculture Science, Vietnam
Washington University in St. Louis
University of Missouri, USA

Bacterial resistance: Resistance/moderately resistance against Bacterial leaf blight (BLB), caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae (Xoo). BLB is a major constraint in rice production.
(Arulganesh et al., 2022)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India

Nematode resistance: decreased susceptibility against root-knot nematodes, showing fewer gall and egg masses.
(Noureddine et al., 2023)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Université Côte d’Azur
Université de Toulouse, France
Kumamoto University, Japan

Viral resistance: enhanced Potato virus Y (PVY) resistance. PVY infection can result in up to 70% yield loss globally.
(Le et al., 2022)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam
University of Edinburgh, UK

Viral resistance: partial resistance to Pepper veinal mottle virus (PVMV) isolate IC, with plants harboring weak symptoms and low virus loads at the systemic level.
(Moury et al., 2020)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

INRA, France
Université de Tunis El-Manar
Université de Carthage, Tunisia
Université Felix Houphouët-Boigny, Cote d’Ivoire
Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, Burkina Faso

Enhanced responses to abscisic acid (ABA), which plays an important role in drought stress responses in plants. Improved drought tolerance through stomatal regulation and increased primary root growth under non-stressed conditions.
( Ogata et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)
RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
University of Tsukuba, Japan

Higher tolerance to salt and osmotic stress through reduced stomatal conductance coupled with increased leaf relative water content and Abscisic acid (ABA) content under normal and stressful conditions.
( Bouzroud et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Université Mohammed V de Rabat, Morocco
Université de Toulouse, France
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil

Reduced arsenic content. Arsenic accumulation in rice poses a threat to human health.
( Singh et al., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, India

Increased salt-tolerance.
( Antonova et al., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology (IPAE)
N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR)
Institute of Cytology and Genetics (ICG), Russia

Improved lodging resistance.
( Wakasa et al., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Institute of Crop Sciences, Japan

Enhanced salt tolerance.
( Ly et al., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
Agricultural Genetics Institute, Vietnam

Tolerance to salt stress.
( Tran et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Gyeongsang National University, South Korea
College of Agriculture
Bac Lieu University, Vietnam

Increased tolerance to salinity stress. Improved rice yields in saline paddy fields by root angle modifications to adapt to climate change.
( Kitomi et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
Tohoku University
Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Advanced Analysis Center
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

Drought and salt tolerance.
( Kumar et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute
Bhartidasan University, India

Generation of beta-carotene-enriched banana fruits. Carotenoids, the source of pro vitamin A, are an essential component of dietary antioxidants. Low intakes and poor bioavailability of provitamine A from the vegetarian diet are considered the main reasons for the widespread prevalence of Vitamine A deficiency.
( Kaur et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Ministry of Science and Technology (Government of India)
Panjab University, India

Increased flavonoid content, functioning as allelochemicals and insect deterrents.
( Lam et al., 2019 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

The University of Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shenzhen
Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Nanjing Forestry University, China
Kyoto University, Japan

Glossy sheat phenotype.
( Gerasimova et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR)
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Germany

Negligible levels of the possibly toxic steroidal glykoalkaloids (SGAs), but enhanced levels of steroidal saponins, which has pharmaceutically useful functions.
( Akiyama et al., 2017 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Kobe University
Riken Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Osaka University, Japan

Reduction of harmful ingredients: toxic steroidal glycoalkaloids (SGAs).
(Sawai et al., 2014)

SDN1
TALENs

RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Chiba University, Japan

Reduced raffinose family oligosaccharide (RFO) levels in seeds. Human and other monogastric animals cannot digest major soluble carbohydrates, RFOs.
( Le et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam
University of Missouri, USA
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
Germany

Improved aleurone layer with enhanced grain protein content. Improved grain nutritional quality by improved accumulation of essential dietary minerals (Fe, Zn, K, P, Ca) in the endosperm of rice grain. Improved root and shoot architecture.
( Achary et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, India

High gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content. GABA plays a key role in plant stress responses, growth, development and as a nutritional component of grain can also reduce the likelihood of hypertension and diabetes. Increased amino acid content. Higher seed weight and seed protein content.
( Akama et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Shimane University
Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Yokohama City University, Japan

Increased gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) accumulation by 7 to 15 fold while having variable effects on plant and fruit size and yield. GABA is a nonproteogenic amino acid and has health-promoting functions.
( Nonaka et al., 2017 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Tsukuba, Japan

High oleic, low linoleic and alpha-linolenic acid phenotype. High concentration of linoleic and alpha-linolenic acids causes oxidative instability.
( Do et al., 2019 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Missouri, USA
Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam

Seedless tomatoes for industrial purposes and direct eating quality.
( Ueta et al., 2017 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Tokushima University, Japan

Fragrant rice. Introduction of aroma into any non-aromatic rice varieties.
( Ashokkumar et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India

Reduced steroidal glycoalkaloids.
( Yasumoto et al., 2019 )

TALENs

Osaka University
RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Kobe University, Japan

Carotenoid accumulation to solve the problem of vitamin A deficiency that is prevalent in developing countries.
( Endo et al., 2019 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Ishikawa Prefectural University, Japan

Slender grains in bold grain varieties.
( Shanthinie et al., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India

Increased carotenoid, lycopene, and β-carotene.
( Hunziker et al., 2020 )

BE

University of Tsukuba
Kobe University
Institute of Vegetable and Floricultural Science
NARO, Japan

High-quality sugar production by rice (98% sucrose content). Carbohydrates are an essential energy-source. Sugarcane and sugar beet were the only two crop plants used to produce sugar.
( Honma et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China
Faculty of Engineering
Kitami Institute of Technology
NagoyaUniversity
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Carnegie Institution for Science, USA

Seeds low in glucosinolate content and other plant parts high in glucosinolate levels. Glucosinolates are anti-nutrients that can cause reduced performance and impairment of kidney and liver functions of livestock, they also play a role in plant defence.
( Mann et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

National Institute of Plant Genome Research
University of Delhi South Campus, India

Improved digestibility of kafirins, which increases the grain nutritional value.
( Elkonin et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Federal Centre of Agriculture Research of South-East Region
Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics, Russia

Reduced levels of very long chain saturated fatty acids in kernels, which are associated with revalance of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.
( Huai et al., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
International Crops Research Institute of the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), India
Murdoch University, Australia

Increased amylose content in the seeds, thus a lower Glycemic Index (GI) value. Low GI rice is preferred to avoid a sudden rise in glucose in the bloodstream. Starch with a high GI threatens healthy individuals to get diabetes type II and proves extremely harmful for existing diabetes type II patients.
( Jameel et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Jamia Millia Islamia
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, India
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Increased sugar content without decreased fruit weight. Sugar content is one of the most important quality traits of tomato.
( Kawaguchi et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Nagoya University
Kobe University
RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
University of Tsukuba, Japan

Altered fatty acid composition. High oleic/low linoleic acid rice. Oleic acid has potential health benefits and helps decrease lifestyle disease.
( Abe et al., 2018 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan

Improved fatty acid composition. The content and abundance of fatty acids play an important role in nutritional and processing applications of oilseeds.
( Okuzaki et al., 2018 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Tamagawa University
Osaka Prefecture University
Tamagawa University, Japan

Reduced levels of phytic acid (PA). PA has adverse effects on essential mineral absorption and thus is considered as an anti-nutritive for monogastric animals.
( Krishnan et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)
Bharathidasan University, India

Improved kafirin digestibility, which increases the grain nutritional value.
( Elkonin et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Federal Centre of Agriculture Research of South-East Region
Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics – Subdivision of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Increased iron content in potato plants. Iron is an essential micronutrient.
( Chauhan et al., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Panjab University
Panjab University
National Institute of Plant Genome Research, India
University of Minnesota, USA

Increased NH4+ and PO43− uptake, and photosynthetic activity under high CO2 conditions in rice. Largely increased panicle weight. Improved grain appearance quality or a decrease in the number of chalky grains.
( Iwamoto et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan

Complete abolition of glycoalkaloids, causing a bitter taste and toxic to various organisms.
( Nakayasu et al., 2018 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Kobe University, Japan

Increased sugar and amino acid content leading to improved fruit quality.
( Nguyen et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
Food Industries Research Institute, Vietnam
University of Missouri, USA

Reduced nicotine levels.
Nicotine is an addictive compound leading to severe diseases.
( Singh et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute
Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), India

Range of beneficial phenotypes: additional tillers and smaller culms and panicles.
(Cui et al., 2020)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

China National Rice Research Institute
Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Yangzhou University, Nagoya University, Japan

Increased stomatal density, stomatal conductance, photosynthetic rate and transpiration rate. Fine tuning the stomatal traits can enhance climate resilience in crops.
( Rathnasamy et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Sugarcane Breeding Institute, India

Regulating fruit ripening, one of the most important concerns in the study of fleshy fruit species.
( Ito et al., 2015 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

National Food Research Institute, Japan

Reduction of plant height through accumulation of ceramides. Plant height is an important agronomic trait of rice, it directly affects the yield potential and lodging resistance.
( Wang et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Nanchang University
Henan Agricultural University, China
Hokkaido University, Japan

Increased grain yield under phosphorus-deficient conditions.
( Ishizaki et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Japan

Increased tiller number and grain yield.
( Cui et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

The University of Tokyo
Kyoto University
National Institute of Crop Science, Japan

Control grain size and seed coat color.
( Tra et al., 2021 )

BE

International Rice Research Institute, Philippines
Dahlem Center of Plant Sciences Freie UniversitÃ¤t, Germany
Synthetic Biology, Biofuel and Genome Editing R&
D Reliance Industries Ltd, India

Elongated, occasionally peanut-like shaped fruit.
( Zheng et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Nagoya University
Kanazawa University, Japan
Huazhong Agricultural University, China

Delayed onset of ripening.
( Nizampatnam et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Hyderabad
SRM University-AP, India

Confer shoot architectural changes for increased resource inputs to increase crop yield.
( Stanic et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Calgary, Canada
SRM Institute of Technology, India

Altered plant architecture to inrease yield: increased node number on the main stem and branch number.
(Bao et al., 2019)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Duy Tan University, Vietnam
RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Japan

Improved nitrogen use efficiency, growth and yield in low nitrogen environment.
( Liu et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

The University of Tokyo, Japan

Genetic variability. The genetically reprogrammed rice plants can act as donor lines to stabilize important agronomic traits or can be a potential resource to create more segregating population.
( K et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Agricultural Sciences
Regional Centre for Biotechnology, India

Significantly longer seed dormancy period, may result in reduced pre-harvest sprouting of grains on spikes.
( Abe et al., 2019 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Institute of Crop Science
Okayama University
Yokohama City University
Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan

Dwarf plants that retain favourable fruit traits.
( Nagamine et al., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Tsukuba, Japan

Production of herbicide-sensitive strain to prevent volunteer infestation. Volunteer rice grows when cultivated rice seed fall into fields, overwinter and spontaneously germinate the next spring.
( Komatsu et al., 2020 )

BE

Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
Graduate School of Science
Technology and Innovation, Japan

Induction of haploid plants and a reduced seed set for rice breeding.
( Yao et al., 2018 )

SDN2
CRISPR/Cas

ZhongGuanCun Life Science Park, China
Syngenta India Limited
Technology Centre
Medchal Mandal, India
Syngenta Crop Protection
LLC
Research Triangle Park, USA

Haploid induction to accelerate breeding in crop plants.
( Rangari et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Punjab Agricultural University, India

Fertility restoration of cytoplasmic male sterility.
( Suketomo et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Tohoku University, Japan

Confer male and female sterility to prevent the risk of trasgene flow from transgenic plants to their wild relatives.
( Shinoyama et al., 2020 )

SDN1
TALENs

Fukui Agricultural Experiment Station
Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Yokohama City University, Japan
Altai State University, Russia

Restoring cytoplasmic sterility.
( Kazama et al., 2019 )

SDN2
TALENs

Tohoku University
Tamagawa University
The University of Tokyo
National Institute of Genetics
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tamagawa University
Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan

Imazamox
( Shimatani et al. 2017 )

BE

Kobe University
University of Tsukuba
Meijo University, Japan

Herbicide resistance
( Shimatani et al. 2018 )

BE

Kobe University, Japan
University of Tsukuba, Japan

Herbicide tolerance: ALS-inhibiting
(Okuzaki et al., 2004)

ODM

Tohoku University, Japan

Resistance to ALS-inhibiting herbicides.
( Okuzaki et al., 2003 )

ODM

Tohoku University, Japan

Color modification: yellow. Ipomoea nil exhibits a variety of flower colours, except yellow.
(Watanabe et al., 2018)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Tsukuba
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan

Albino phenotype.
( Phad et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Plant Biotechnology Research Center, India

Flower color modification due to reduced anthocyanin content. Flower color is one of the most important traits in ornamental flowers.
( Nishihara et al. (2018) )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Japan

Albino phenotype.
( Kaur et al., 2017 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), India

Enhanced oleic acid to linoleic acid ratio. This adjusted ratio can improve the shelf life of peanut oil.
( Rajyaguru et al., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Junagadh Agricultural University, India

The fruit remains green and shows higher firmness as well as no early fermentation. This results in extended shelf-life which could reduce food loss and contribute to food security.
( Nonaka et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Tsukuba, Japan

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