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TABLE 11.2 Plant Biotic Stress Conditions Improved by CRISPR/Cas

Plant Species

Target Gene

Target Traits Improved

References

CRISPR/Cas9

Citrus × paradisi

CsLOB1 promoter

Alleviated citrus canker

Jia et al. (2016)

Citrus × paradisi

CsLOB1

Citrus canker resistance

Jia et al. (2017)

Cucumis sativus

eIF4E

Virus resistance cucumber vein yellowing virus

Chandrasekaran et al.

(2016)

Malus domestica Borkh.

DIPM-1, DIPM-2, and DIPM-4 Resistance to fire blight disease

Malnoy et al. (2016)

Ocimum basilicum L.

ObDMR6

Downy mildew resistance

Hasley et al. (2021)

Orange

CsLOB1 promoter

Citrus canker resistance

Peng et al. (2017)

Oryza sativa L.

OsERF922

Enhanced rice blast resistance

Wang et al. (2016)

Oryza sativa L.

OsSWEET13 SWEET

Bacterial blight resistance by Xanthomonas oryzae pv.

Zhou et al. (2015);

oryzae

Oliva et al. (2019)

Oryza sativa L.

ALS

Resistance to herbicides

Endo et al. (2016)

Oryza sativa L.

ALS

Resistance to herbicides

Sun et al. (2016)

Oryza sativa L.

EPSPS

Resistance to herbicides

Li et al. (2016)

Oryza sativa L.

ALS

Resistance to herbicides

Butt et al. (2017)

Solanum lycopersicum L. S1MLO1

Powdery mildew resistance

Nekrasov et al. (2017)

Solanum lycopersicum L. S1JAZ2

Bacterial speck resistance

Ortigosa et al. (2018)

Solanum lycopersicum L. DMR6 KO

Disease resistance against Pseudomonas syringae pv

De Toledo Thomazella

tomato (Pto), Phytophthora capsica and Xanthomonas spp. et al. (2016)

Solanum tuberosum L.

DMR6

Downy mildew resistance

Sun et al. (2016)

Triticum aestivum L.

EDR1

Powdery mildew resistance

Zhang et al. (2017)

Triticum aestivum L.

Six MLO alleles

Blumeria gramimis f. sp. tritici. resistance

Wang et al. (2014)

CRISPR/Cas 13

Nicotiana benthamiana

HC-Pro and GFP2 genes

Resistance to turnip mosaic virus (TuMV)

Aman et al. (2018a)

Arabidopsis thaliana

TuMV virus

Resistance to TuMV virus

Aman et al. (2018b)