Base editors, such as adenine base editors (ABE) and cytosine base editors (CBE), provide
alternatives for precise genome editing without generating double-strand breaks (DSBs) …

Key message We have developed multiplex genome editing toolkits for citrus that
significantly improve citrus genome editing efficacy. Abstract CRISPR/Cas systems have …

CRISPR/Cas9 has been widely employed to edit genome in most of the organisms,
including animal, plant, fungus, and microbe. Here we describe the modification of citrus …

Summary Recently, CRISPR‐Cas12a (Cpf1) from Prevotella and Francisella was
engineered to modify plant genomes. In this report, we employed CRISPR‐LbCas12a …

Background Development of precise genome editing strategies is a prerequisite for
producing edited plants that can aid in the study of gene function and help understand the …

Key message Base editing in tomatoes was achieved by transient expression. Abstract The
Solanaceae plants, particularly the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), is of huge economic …

Genome editing tools have rapidly been adopted by plant scientists for gene function
discovery and crop improvement. The current technical challenge is to efficiently induce …

Sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) is the most economically important species for the citrus
industry. However, it is susceptible to many diseases including citrus bacterial canker …

Citrus is one of the most important fruit crops in the world. Global commercial orange (Citrus
sinensis) production exceeded 47 million tons (mt) in 2015 (https://apps. fas. usda …

Citrus is a highly valued tree crop worldwide, while, at the same time, citrus production faces
many biotic challenges, including bacterial canker and Huanglongbing (HLB). Breeding for …