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ReviewPlant communications2025

Genetic engineering, including genome editing, for enhancing broad-spectrum disease resistance in crops.

Xinyu Han, Shumin Li, Qingdong Zeng, Peng Sun, Dousheng Wu, Jianguo Wu, Xiao Yu, Zhibing Lai, Ricky J Milne, Zhensheng Kang and 2 more

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Review in Plant communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Xinyu HanNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Center of Crop Nanobiotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Shumin LiNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Qingdong ZengState Key Laboratory for Crop Stress Resistance and High-Efficiency Production, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
Peng SunNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Center of Crop Nanobiotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Dousheng WuHunan Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China.
Jianguo WuState Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Vector-borne Virus Research Center, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Xiao YuNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Zhibing LaiNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Ricky J MilneCSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
Zhensheng KangState Key Laboratory for Crop Stress Resistance and High-Efficiency Production, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
Kabin XieNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China. Electronic address: kabinxie@mail.hzau.edu.cn.
Guotian LiNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Center of Crop Nanobiotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China. Electronic address: leeguotian@163.com.

Funding

Non-US Government Research Support type
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant diseases, caused by a wide range of pathogens, severely reduce crop yield and quality, posing a significant threat to global food security. Developing broad-spectrum resistance (BSR) in crops is a key strategy for controlling crop diseases and ensuring sustainable crop production. Cloning disease-resistance (R) genes and understanding their underlying molecular mechanisms provide new genetic resources and strategies for crop breeding. Novel genetic engineering and genome editing tools have accelerated the study and engineering of BSR genes in crops, which is the primary focus of this review. We first summarize recent advances in understanding the plant immune system, followed by an examination of the molecular mechanisms underlying BSR in crops. Finally, we highlight diverse strategies employed to achieve BSR, including gene stacking to combine multiple R genes, multiplexed genome editing of susceptibility genes and promoter regions of executor R genes, editing cis-regulatory elements to fine-tune gene expression, RNA interference, saturation mutagenesis, and precise genomic insertions. The genetic studies and engineering of BSR are accelerating the breeding of disease-resistant cultivars, contributing to crop improvement and enhancing global food security.

Indexed as

Crops, AgriculturalDisease ResistanceGene EditingGenetic EngineeringPlant DiseasesClustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsEpigenome EditingGenes, PlantPlant ProteinsPlants, Genetically ModifiedPlant Proteinsbroad-spectrum resistancegenetic engineeringgenome editingknock-inOryza sativaTriticum aestivum

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PMID39568207
PMCPMC11897464

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