Application of Genome Editing in Tomato Breeding: Mechanisms, Advances, and Prospects

SALAVA, H., Sravankumar THULA, V. MOHAN, R. KUMAR and F. MAGHULY. Application of Genome Editing in Tomato Breeding: Mechanisms, Advances, and Prospects. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Basel: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021, vol. 22, No 2, p. 682-722. ISSN 1422-0067. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22020682.

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Original name

Application of Genome Editing in Tomato Breeding: Mechanisms, Advances, and Prospects

Authors

SALAVA, H., Sravankumar THULA (356 India, belonging to the institution), V. MOHAN, R. KUMAR and F. MAGHULY

Edition

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Basel, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021, 1422-0067

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10608 Biochemistry and molecular biology

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 6.208

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14740/21:00124307

Organization unit

Central European Institute of Technology

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22020682

UT WoS

000611297800001

Keywords in English

trait improvement; gene knockout; resistance breeding; biotic stress; abiotic stress

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International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

Plants regularly face the changing climatic conditions that cause biotic and abiotic stress responses. The abiotic stresses are the primary constraints affecting crop yield and nutritional quality in many crop plants. The advances in genome sequencing and high-throughput approaches have enabled the researchers to use genome editing tools for the functional characterization of many genes useful for crop improvement. The present review focuses on the genome editing tools for improving many traits such as disease resistance, abiotic stress tolerance, yield, quality, and nutritional aspects of tomato. Many candidate genes conferring tolerance to abiotic stresses such as heat, cold, drought, and salinity stress have been successfully manipulated by gene modification and editing techniques such as RNA interference, insertional mutagenesis, and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR/Cas9). In this regard, the genome editing tools such as CRISPR/Cas9, which is a fast and efficient technology that can be exploited to explore the genetic resources for the improvement of tomato and other crop plants in terms of stress tolerance and nutritional quality. The review presents examples of gene editing responsible for conferring both biotic and abiotic stresses in tomato simultaneously. The literature on using this powerful technology to improve fruit quality, yield, and nutritional aspects in tomato is highlighted. Finally, the prospects and challenges of genome editing, public and political acceptance in tomato are discussed.