Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering >> 2020, Volume 7, Issue 2 doi: 10.15302/J-FASE-2020332
Genome-edited crops: how to move them from laboratory to market
. State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Center for Genome Editing, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.. College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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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