Genome editing in cotton: challenges and opportunities

Table 5 List of some genes targeted by CRISPR/Cas9

Sr. No	Crop species	Gene editor	Target gene	DNA repair type	Target trait	References
1	Rice	CRISPR/Cas9	LAZY1	NHEJ	Tiller-spreading	Jiang et al. (2013b, a), Álvarez et al. (2022)
2	Rice	CRISPR/Cas9	Gn1a, GS3, DEP1	NHEJ	Enhanced grain number, larger grain size and dense erect panicles	Ma et al. (2015), Azadbakht et al. (2022)
3	Wheat	CRISPR/Cas9	GW2	NHEJ	Increased grain weight and protein content	Nahmad et al. (2022)
4	Camelina sativa	CRISPR/Cas9	FAD2	NHEJ	Decreased polyunsaturated fatty acids	Carver et al. (2022)
5	Rice	CRISPR/Cas9	SBEIIb	NHEJ	High amylose content	Long et al. (2022)
6	Maize	CRISPR/Cas9	Wx1	NHEJ	High amylopectin content	Waltz (2016)
7	Potato	CRISPR/Cas9	Wx1	NHEJ	High amylopectin content	Christian et al. (2022)
8	Wheat	CRISPR/Cas9	EDR1	NHEJ	Powdery mildew resistance	Corsi et al. (2022a)
9	Rice	CRISPR/Cas9	OsERF922	NHEJ	Enhanced rice blast resistance	Cromer et al. (2022)
10	Rice	CRISPR/Cas9	OsSWEET13	NHEJ	Bacterial blight resistance	Arnan et al. (2022)
11	Tomato	CRISPR/Cas9	SlMLO1	NHEJ	Powdery mildew resistance	Pramanik et al. (2021)

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