Carotenoid Biofortification of Crops in the CRISPR Era.
Carotenoid Biofortification of Crops in the CRISPR Era.
- Trends in Biotechnology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.12.003, 2020 .
Carotenoids are micronutrients important for human health. The continuous improvements in clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based genome-editing techniques make rapid, DNA/transgene-free and targeted multiplex genetic modification a reality, thus promising to accelerate the breeding and generation of 'golden' staple crops. We discuss here the progress and future prospects of CRISPR/Cas9 applications for carotenoid biofortification.
CAROTENOIDS
BIOFORTIFICATION
VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY
CRISPR/CAS9
GENOME-EDITING
Carotenoids are micronutrients important for human health. The continuous improvements in clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based genome-editing techniques make rapid, DNA/transgene-free and targeted multiplex genetic modification a reality, thus promising to accelerate the breeding and generation of 'golden' staple crops. We discuss here the progress and future prospects of CRISPR/Cas9 applications for carotenoid biofortification.
CAROTENOIDS
BIOFORTIFICATION
VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY
CRISPR/CAS9
GENOME-EDITING