Plant and Fungal Genome Editing to Enhance Plant Disease Resistance Using the CRISPR/Cas9 System

Crop production has been substantially reduced by devastating fungal and oomycete pathogens, and these pathogens continue to threaten global food security. Although chemical and cultural controls have been used for crop protection, these involve continuous costs and time and fungicide resistance amo...

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Main Authors: Narayan Chandra Paul, Sung-Won Park, Haifeng Liu, Sungyu Choi, Jihyeon Ma, Joshua S. MacCready, Martin I. Chilvers, Hyunkyu Sang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.700925/full