genome search | EU-SAGE

Genome-editing techniques are promising tools in plant breeding. To facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of the use of genome editing, EU-SAGE developed an interactive, publicly accessible online database of genome-edited crop plants as described in peer-reviewed scientific publications.
The aim of the database is to inform interested stakeholder communities in a transparent manner about the latest evidence about the use of genome editing in crop plants. Different elements including the plant species, traits, techniques, and applications can be filtered in this database.
Regarding the methodology, a literature search in the bibliographic databases and web pages of governmental agencies was conducted using predefined queries in English. Identifying research articles in other languages was not possible due to language barriers. Patents were not screened.
Peer-reviewed articles were screened for relevance and were included in the database based on pre-defined criteria. The main criterium is that the research article should describe a research study of any crop plant in which a trait has been introduced that is relevant from an agricultural and/or food/feed perspective. The database does neither give information on the stage of development of the crop plant, nor on the existence of the intention to develop the described crop plants to be marketed.
This database will be regularly updated. Please contact us via the following webpage in case you would like to inform us about a new scientific study of crops developed for market-oriented agricultural production as a result of genome editing

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Traits related to biotic stress tolerance

Highly significant reduction in susceptibility to fire blight, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora. Apple is one of the most cultivated fruit crops throughout the temperate regions of the world.
( Pompili et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Università degli Studi di Udine
Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy

Fungal resistance: Enhanced resistance to the pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.
(Sun et al., 2018)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Yangzhou University, China

Bacterial resistance: Increased resistance to Erwinia amylovora, causing fire blight disease that threatens the apple and a wide range of ornamental and commercial Rosaceae host plants.
(Malnoy et al., 2016)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy
ToolGen Inc.
Institute for Basic Science
Seoul National University, South Korea

Fungal resistance: contribute to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum resistance.
(Zhang et al., 2022)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Huazhong Agricultural University, China

Oilseed rape mutant with non-abscising floral organs. Clerotinia stem rot (SSR), caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a detrimental fungal disease for oilseed rape. Petal infection is crucial to the prevalence of SSR in oilseed rape. Oilseed rape varieties with abscission-defective ﬂoral organs were predicted to be less susceptible to Sclerotinia infection and to have a longer ﬂowering period to enhance tourism income.
( Wu et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Yangzhou University, China

Fungal resistance: reduced susceptibility to Verticillium longisporum, a pathogen causing Verticillium stem striping. No fungicide treatments are currently available to control this disease.
(Pröbsting et al., 2020)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel
Institut für Zuckerrübenforschung
NPZ Innovation GmbH, Germany

Visual detection of brassica yellows virus (BrYV), an economically important virus on cruciferous species. This assay allows for convenient, portable, rapid, low-cost, highly sensitive and specific detection and has great potential for on-site monitoring of BrYV.
( Xu et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Guizhou University, China

Resistance against a protist pathogen: stable resistance against clubroot disease. Clubroot disease is caused by the protist Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin and can result in a 10-15% yield loss in Brassica species as well as related crops.
(Hu et al., 2023)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Canada

Fungal resistance: Reduced susceptibility to Verticillium longisporum, fungal pathogen that causes stem striping in Brassica napus and leads to huge yield losses.
(Ye et al., 2024)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel
Institut für Zuckerrübenforschung
Hohenlieth-Hof, NPZ Innovation GmbH, Germany
Aswan University, Egypt
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China

Traits related to abiotic stress tolerance

Enhanced drought tolerance
( Wu et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Huazhong Agricultural University, China

Reduction in cadmium accumulation. Cadmium is a heavy metal, harmful for human health.
( Yao et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Sichuan University
Science and Technology Innovation Center of Sichuan Modern Seed Industry Group, China

Improved drought tolerance.
( Linghu et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Hybrid Rapeseed Research Center of Shaanxi Province
Northwest A &
F University, China

Fruits insensitive to the effectss of high temperature stress and with reduced browning phenotype caused by high temperatures.
( Wang et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Northwest A &
F University
College of Horticultural Science and Engineering, China

Traits related to improved food/feed quality

Improved fatty acid content: increased content of oleic acid, reduced erucic acid levels and slightly decreased polyunsaturated fatty acids content. Fatty acid composition is important for human health and shelf life.
(Shi et al., 2022)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

Modified fatty acid profile: increased oleic acid, decreased linoleic and linolenic acid content.
(Huang et al., 2020)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, China

Yellow-seed production, a desirable trait with great potential for improving seed quality in Brassica crops. The formation of seed colour is due to the deposition of the oxidized form of a flavonoid, called proanthocyanidins (PA). Yellow seeds have a higher oil content.
( Zhai et al., 2019 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Huazhong Agricultural University, China

Reduction of phytic acid (PA) in seeds. PA has adverse effects on essential mineral absorption and thus is considered as an anti-nutritive for monogastric animals.
( Sashidhar et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel
Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany

Altered lignin composition: decreased syringyl monolignol / guaiacylmonolignol (S/G) ratio. The monolignol ratio has been proposed to affect biomass recalcitrance and the resistance to plant disease.
(Cao et al., 2021)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

SouthwestUniversity, China
University of Wisconsin, USA

Increasing seed oil content (SOC).
( Zhang et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

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

Decreases in palmitic acid, increased total C18 and reduced total saturated fatty acid contents. Reduced saturated fat content is connected to lowered cardiovascular disease rate.
( Gupta et al., 2012 )

SDN1
ZFN

Dow AgroSciences
Sangamo BioSciences, USA

Reduced flavonoids and improved fatty acid composition with higher linoleic acid and linolenic acid, valuable for rapeseed germplasm and breeding. The genetic improvement has great significance in the economic value of rapeseeds.
( Xie et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Yangzhou University
The Ministry of Education of China, China
University of Western Australia, Australia

Low erucic acid (EA) content. Composition of fatty acids affects the edible and processing quality of vegetable oils. EA is potentially to cause health problems.
( Liu et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Huazhong Agricultural University, China

Improved seed oil content: increased levels of monounsaturated fatty acids and decreased levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
(Wang et al., 2022)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Huazhong Agricultural University, China
National Research Council Canada, Canada

Traits related to increased plant yield and growth

Increased shatter resistance to avoid seed loss during mechanical harvest.
( Braatz et al., 2017 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany

Increased seeds number per husk, higher seed weight.
( Yang et al., 2018 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Huazhong Agricultural University, China

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

Improve plant architecture to increase yield. Plant height and branch number are directly correlated with yield.
( Zheng et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Ministry of Agriculture, China
Wilkes University, USA

Semi-dwarf phenotype and compact architecture to increase yield. Plant height and branch angle are the major architectural factors determining yield.
( Fan et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China
Wilkes University, USA

Early-flowering varieties. The timing of flowering is an important event in the life cycle of flowering plants.
( Jiang et al., 2018 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Hunan Agricultural University, China
Université de Strasbourg, France

Increased seed oil content (SOC). SOC is a major determinant of yield and quality.
( Karunarathna et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany
Zhejiang University, China

Traits related to industrial utilization

Rubber biosynthesis. To accelerate the domestication of Taraxacum kok-saghyz (TK), a plant notable for its ability to produce high molecular weight rubber in its roots and which might be an alternative source of natural rubber.
( Iaffaldano et al., 2016 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, USA

Establishment of maternal haploid induction. Doubled haploid technology is used to obtain homozygous lines in a single generation. This technique significantly accelerates the crop breeding trajectory.
( Zhong et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

China Agricultural University, China
Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands

Male sterility. Important genetic resources for commercial hybrid seed production.
( Zhang et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,

Manipulation of flowering time to develop cultivars with desired maturity dates. Stabilization of flowering time and period supports efficient mechanised harvesting.
( Ahmar et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Huazhong Agricultural University, China

Self-incompatibility to prevent inbreeding in hermaphrodite angiosperms via the rejection of self-pollen.
( Dou et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Huazhong Agricultural University, China

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

Generating genic male sterility lines (GMS). GMS can promote heterosis in rapeseed. Compared with other approaches, GMS brings about nearly complete male sterility to a hybrid breeding program.
( Wang et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Northwest A&
F University
Hybrid Rapeseed Research Centre of Shaanxi Province, China

Reversible complete male sterility. Very precise hormone mediated control of male fertility transition showed great potential for hybrid seed production in Brassica species crops.
( Cheng et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Henan Normal University, China

Male sterility.
( Tu et al., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Zhejiang University
Jiaxing Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

Male sterility.
( Shen et al., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Huazhong Agricultural University
Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, China

Traits related to herbicide tolerance

Herbicide tolerance: AHAS-inhibiting
(Gocal et al., 2015)

ODM

Cibus, Canada
Cibus, USA

Glyphosate
( Wang et al., 2021 )

CRISPR/Cas

Huazhong Agricultural University
Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

Tribenuron methyl
( Wu et al., 2020 )

Yangzhou University
Shanghai Normal University, China

Traits related to product color/flavour

Albino phenotype and early flowering.
( Charrier et al., 2019 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Université d'
Angers, France

Altered color of petals and leaves.
( Li et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Huazhong Agricultural University
Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, China

Yellow colored seed.
( Huang et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Hunan University of Science and Technology
Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

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Traits related to biotic stress tolerance

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Traits related to product color/flavour