Genome editing for improvement of biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in cereals
Safeena Inam A # , Amna Muhammad A # , Samra Irum A , Nazia Rehman A , Aamir Riaz
A , Muhammad Uzair A * and Muhammad Ramzan Khan A *
A
Handling Editor: Sajid Fiaz
Abstract
Global agricultural production must quadruple by 2050 to fulfil the needs of a growing global population, but climate change exacerbates the difficulty. Cereals are a very important source of food for the world population. Improved cultivars are needed, with better resistance to abiotic stresses like drought, salt, and increasing temperatures, and resilience to biotic stressors like bacterial and fungal infections, and pest infestation. A popular, versatile, and helpful method for functional genomics and crop improvement is genome editing. Rapidly developing genome editing techniques including clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated protein (Cas) are very important. This review focuses on how CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing might enhance cereals’ agronomic qualities in the face of climate change, providing important insights for future applications. Genome editing efforts should focus on improving characteristics that confer tolerance to conditions exacerbated by climate change (e.g. drought, salt, rising temperatures). Improved water usage efficiency, salt tolerance, and heat stress resilience are all desirable characteristics. Cultivars that are more resilient to insect infestations and a wide range of biotic stressors, such as bacterial and fungal diseases, should be created. Genome editing can precisely target genes linked to disease resistance pathways to strengthen cereals’ natural defensive systems.
Keywords: agricultural innovation, biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, cereals, climate change, CRISPR variants, disease resistance, genome editing, plant biotechnology.
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