Genome-edited crops: how to move them from laboratory to market

Abstract

Recent breakthroughs in CRISPR technology allow specific genome manipulation of almost all crops and have initiated a revolution in precision crop breeding. Rationally-based regulation and widespread public acceptance are needed to propel genome-edited crops from laboratory to market and to translate this innovative technology into agricultural productivity.

Keywords

CRISPR/Cas / genome editing / base editing / precision breeding / regulation

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Acknowledgements

We thank Yanpeng Wang and Qiupeng Lin (Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) for help with the figures. This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31788103 and 31971370) and the National Transgenic Science and Technology Program (2016ZX08010002 and 2018ZX0801002B).

Compliance with ethics guidelines

Kunling Chen and Caixia Gao declare that they have no conflicts of interest or financial conflicts to disclose.

This article is a review and does not contain any studies with human or animal subjects performed by any of the authors.

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