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Crop: Petunia (Petunia)
Property: Longer flowering time
Petunias are widespread as ornamental plants and enjoy great popularity due to their variety of flower shapes and colors. Petunias continuously develop new flowers over a prolonged period of time, and therefore are valued for their excellent longevity. The individual flowers, on the other hand, fade quickly. South Korean scientists at Kyungpook National University have identified a gene that inhibits the production of a plant hormone (ethylene) and switched it off with CRISPR/Cas. Cultivation trials of the edited plants showed a longer flowering time of individual flowers.
Publication
Title | CRISPR/Cas9-mediated editing of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase1 enhancesPetuniaflower longevity | ![]() |
Authors | Junping Xu et al. | |
Country | Republic of Korea | |
Journal | Plant Biotechnology Journal | |
Year | 2019 | |
DOI | doi:10.1111/pbi.13197 |