Genome editing used to create disease-resistant rice

Researchers from the University of California, Davis, and an international team of scientists have used the genome-editing tool CRISPR-Cas to create disease-resistant rice plants, according to a new study published in the journal Nature June 14.

#CRISPR #rice #RiceBlast #fungus

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-genome-disease-resistant-rice.html

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"the five most important calorie crops — #rice, #wheat, #maize (corn), #soya beans and #potatoes — can be affected by #RiceBlast fungus, wheat stem rust, corn smut, soybean rust and potato late blight disease [...], respectively.

And losses from these fungi equate to enough food to provide some 600 million to 4,000 million #people with 2,000 #calories every day for one year.

Such losses are likely to increase in a warming world" [5]

#FoodSecurity #agriculture #ClimateChange #preparedness

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"the five most important calorie crops — #rice, #wheat, #maize (corn), #soya beans and #potatoes — can be affected by #RiceBlast fungus, wheat stem rust, corn smut, soybean rust and potato late blight disease [...], respectively.

And losses from these fungi equate to enough food to provide some 600 million to 4,000 million #people with 2,000 #calories every day for one year.

Such losses are likely to increase in a warming world" [5]

#FoodSecurity #agriculture #preparedness #monitoring

Integrating genetic analyses of the pathogen #RiceBlast #fungus and its host #plant helps to disentangle the complex interactions that determine the outcome of plant-#pathogen interactions @YuSugiharaY @KamounLab @ryoheiterauchi &co #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3D2s0MH

Integrating genetic analyses of the pathogen #RiceBlast #fungus and its host #plant helps to disentangle the complex interactions that determine the outcome of plant-#pathogen interactions @YuSugiharaY @KamounLab @ryoheiterauchi &co #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3D2s0MH

Integrating genetic analyses of the pathogen #RiceBlast #fungus and its host #plant helps to disentangle the complex interactions that determine the outcome of plant-#pathogen interactions @YuSugiharaY @KamounLab @ryoheiterauchi &co #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3D2s0MH

RT @OsesMir@twitter.com

I am delighted to announce that I have been awarded an #ERCStG. I am very thankful to @ERC_Research@twitter.com for this opportunity and for funding the #CELL-ENEITY project. #blastdisease #Magnaporthe #riceblast
https://erc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2022-11/erc_2022_stg_results_ls.pdf

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