AI-Designed Gene Editing Creates Rice Plants Resistant to Bacterial Blight |
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Researchers at the University of Missouri have developed rice plants resistant to bacterial blight, a devastating disease that threatens rice production and farmers' livelihoods, particularly in Asia and Africa. The breakthrough could help protect harvests and provide new approaches for developing crops that withstand diseases and other environmental stresses.
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CRISPR-Cas9 Used to Improve Black Rice in India |
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Researchers from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute and partners successfully used CRISPR-Cas9 to improve the plant architecture and yield of an indigenous aromatic black rice variety called Chakhao Amubi. The findings are published in the journal Rice.
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CRISPR Study Unlocks Tomato Heat Memory and Boosts Crop Yields |
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A recent study led by researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Horticultural Sciences (IGZ) reveals that exposing tomato plants to moderate heat can act as a "thermal priming" mechanism, significantly improving their ability to withstand subsequent heat stress and boosting fruit yield by up to 53 percent in field trials. Published in The Plant Journal, the research explored how plants retain a memory of initial heat exposure, which helps them mount a faster and more effective defense against recurring high temperatures.
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Scientists from Thailand Use Promoter Editing to Boost Rice Water Efficiency |
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Scientists at Chulalongkorn University and their collaborators have developed a way to make rice crops more drought-resilient by editing the promoter of a key gene that is controls leaf spore formation. By using a tRNA-based CRISPR-Cas9 system to alter the regulatory promoter region of OsGTL1, the team successfully reduced the expression of this master controller of stomatal development. While completely knocking out OsGTL1 causes seed sterility, modifying its upstream promoter instead allowed researchers to modulate the gene's activity without harming plant fertility.
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