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Crop: Water melon (Citrullus lanatus)
Property: Herbicide tolerance
The watermelon belongs to the pumpkin family. Pumpkins require a lot of space to grow, which renders their plant density in the field relatively low. As a result, watermelon fields are highly susceptible to weeds. Chinese scientists at China Agricultural University have used base editing to create a targeted point mutation in a gene responsible for herbicide tolerance in plants. This made the cultivated plants tolerant to the herbicide tribenuron.
Publication
Title | Engineering herbicide-resistant watermelon variety through CRISPR/Cas9-mediated base-editing | ![]() |
Authors | Shouwei Tian et al. | |
Country | China | |
Journal | Plant Cell Reports | |
Year | 2018 | |
DOI | doi:10.1007/s00299-018-2299-0 |