The various crop species are major agricultural products and play an indispensable role in
sustaining human life. Over a long period, breeders strove to increase crop yield and …

Main conclusion This review provides a direction for crop quality improvement and ideas for
further research on the application of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology for crop …

The rapid growth of the global population has resulted in a considerable increase in the
demand for food crops. However, traditional crop breeding methods will not be able to …

Fruit and vegetable crops are rich in dietary fibre, vitamins and minerals, which are vital to
human health. However, many biotic stressors (such as pests and diseases) and abiotic …

Vegetables provide many nutrients in the form of fiber, vitamins, and minerals, which make
them an important part of our diet. Numerous biotic and abiotic stresses can affect crop …

Background It is a long-standing goal of scientists and breeders to precisely control a gene
for studying its function as well as improving crop yield, quality, and tolerance to various …

Over the past decades, numerous efforts were made towards the improvement of cereal
crops mostly employing traditional or molecular breeding approaches. The current scenario …

Advancements in Genome editing technologies have revolutionized the fields of functional
genomics and crop improvement. CRISPR/Cas9 (clustered regularly interspaced short …

Global demand for food is increasing day by day due to an increase in population and
shrinkage of the arable land area. To meet this increasing demand, there is a need to …

Genome editing is a relevant, versatile, and preferred tool for crop improvement, as well as
for functional genomics. In this review, we summarize the advances in gene-editing …