CRISPR/Cas and Its Potentiality as an Effective Tool

TABLE 11.1 Plant Abiotic Stress Conditions Improved by CRISPR/Cas

Plant Species

Target Gene

Target Traits Improved

References

CRISPR/Cas9

Carica papaya L.

CpDreb2

Resistance to drought, heat and cold

Arroyo-Herrera et al. (2016)

Carica papaya L.

CpRap2.4a and CpRap2.4b

Resistance to heat and cold

Figueroa-Yanez et al. (2016)

Gossypium spp.

GhPIN1-3 and GhPIN2

Resistance to drought

He et al. (2017)

Gossypium spp.

GhRDL1

Resistance to drought

Dass et al. (2017)

Hordeum vulgare L.

ALMT

High Al3+

Zhou et al. (2014)

Manihot esculenta Crantz

MeKUPs

Resistance to salt, osmosis, cold,

Ou et al. (2018)

drought

Manihot esculenta Crantz

MeMAPKKK

Resistance to drought

Ye et al. (2017)

Musa acuminata Colla

MaSWEET-4d, MaSWEET-1b, and

Resistance to cold and salt

Miao et al. (2017a)

MaSWEET-4b

Musa acuminata Colla

MaAPS1 AND MaAPL3

Resistance to cold and salt

Miao et al. (2017b)

Oryza sativa L.

Sub1A, SK1 and SK2

Resistance to flooding

Xu et al. (2006); Fukao et al.

(2006); Hattori et al. (2009)

Oryza sativa L.

DRO1

Resistance to drought

Uga et al. (2011, 2013)

Oryza sativa L.

NRAT1

High Al3+

Li et al. (2014)

Oryza sativa L.

PSTOL1 at the Pup1 locus

Low Pi

Gamuyao et al. (2012); Chin

et al. (2011)

Oryza sativa L.

Oryza sativa phosphate transporter

Absence of OsPT4 activity reduces

Ye et al. (2017)

4 (OsPT4)

arsenic uptake from soil in rice plant

Oryza sativa L.

Natural resistance associated mac-

Absence of OsNRAMP5 reduce the

Tang et al. (2017)

rophage proteins 5 (OsNRAM5) of

uptake of cadmium from soil

Oryza sativa

Oryza sativa L.

Arsenite-responsive MYB1 of Oryza Plant lacking the activity of

Wang et al. (2017)

sativa (OsARM1)

OsARM1 show tolerance to as stress

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