Genome editing for healthy crops: traits, tools and impacts

K Yıldırım, D Miladinović, J Sweet, M Akin… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Crop cultivars in commercial use have often been selected because they show high levels of
resistance to pathogens. However, widespread cultivation of these crops for many years in …

Genome-Wide Identification of the Aconitase Gene Family in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and CRISPR-Based Functional Characterization of SlACO2 on Male …

Z Secgin, S Uluisik, K Yıldırım, MF Abdulla… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is one of the most cultivated vegetables in the world due to
its consumption in a large variety of raw, cooked, or processed foods. Tomato breeding and …

Development of Highly Efficient Resistance to Beet Curly Top Iran Virus (Becurtovirus) in Sugar Beet (B. vulgaris) via CRISPR/Cas9 System

K Yıldırım, M Kavas, İS Küçük, Z Seçgin… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Beet Curly Top Iran Virus (BCTIV, Becurtovirus) is a dominant and widespread pathogen
responsible for great damage and yield reduction in sugar beet production in the …

CRISPR/Cas9 knock-out of SlPHD_MS1 (Solyc04g008420) gene results in complete male sterility in tomato

G Gökdemir, Z Seçgin, S Uluisik, M Kavas - Plant Growth Regulation, 2022 - Springer
Tomato is one of the world's most commercially important fruit crops and a critical source of
vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals in the human diet. In addition to being an important …

Genome-based identification of beet curly top Iran virus infecting sugar beet in Turkey and investigation of its pathogenicity by agroinfection

K Yıldırım, M Kavas, R Kaya, Z Seçgin, C Can… - Journal of Virological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Beet curly top disease (BCTD) is a yield-limiting viral infection of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)
throughout the arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Two virus species, belonging to two …

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis of FT/TFL1 in petunia improves plant architecture and early flowering

MF Abdulla, K Mostafa, M Kavas - Plant Molecular Biology, 2024 - Springer
Petunias are renowned ornamental species widely cultivated as pot plants for their aesthetic
appeal both indoors and outdoors. The preference for pot plants depends on their compact …

Exploring the role of FAT genes in Solanaceae species through genome‐wide analysis and genome editing

S Bahadır, MF Abdulla, K Mostafa, M Kavas… - The Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Plants produce numerous fatty acid derivatives, and some of these compounds have
significant regulatory functions, such as governing effector‐induced resistance, systemic …

The Effect of Different Doses of 1-Methylcyclopropene on Postharvest Physiology and Predicting Ethylene Production through Multivariate Adaptive Regression …

A Bahar, S Cavusoglu, N Yilmaz, O Tekin, S Ercisli - Horticulturae, 2022 - mdpi.com
Maintaining the postharvest quality of tomatoes, which are essential in the world vegetable
trade, is very important; otherwise, storage may cause severe quality and economic losses …

Genome Editing-Based Strategies Used to Enhance Crop Resistance to Parasitic Weeds

K Yıldırım, M Kavas, M Akın, İS Küçük - A Roadmap for Plant Genome …, 2023 - Springer
In contrast to most autotrophic plants, which produce carbohydrates from carbon dioxide
using photosynthesis, parasitic weed plants rely on host plants to form vascular connections …

Abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in plants via genome-editing tools

K Mostafa, MF Abdulla, M Kavas - Genome Editing and Global Food … - taylorfrancis.com
Parallel to the stress caused by other living species such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and
parasites, population explosion, changes in the world's weather conditions, food shortages …