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ReviewFrontiers in plant science2026

CRISPR-Cas technologies for precision genome editing in plants: advances, applications, and future perspectives.

Syed Riaz Ahmed, Jahangir Khan, Iram Ijaz, Zeba Ali, Ijaz Rasul, Muhammad Aslam, Naeem Ud-Din, Yongming Liu, Muhammad Sayyam Tariq, Milan Skalicky and 1 more

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11 authors.

Syed Riaz Ahmed *Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), Balochistan Agricultural Research and Development Centre (BARDC), Quetta, Pakistan.
Jahangir KhanPakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), Balochistan Agricultural Research and Development Centre (BARDC), Quetta, Pakistan.
Iram Ijaz *Department of Botany, Faculty of Agriculture Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Zeba Ali *Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Ijaz RasulDepartment of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Muhammad AslamPakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), Balochistan Agricultural Research and Development Centre (BARDC), Quetta, Pakistan.
Naeem Ud-DinPakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), Balochistan Agricultural Research and Development Centre (BARDC), Quetta, Pakistan.
Yongming LiuNational Nanfan Research Institute (Sanya), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanya, China.
Muhammad Sayyam TariqDivision Plant Breeding and Genetics, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Milan SkalickyDepartment of Botany and Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czechia.
Daniel K Y TanSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, Plant Breeding Institute, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Developing climate-smart crops with enhanced crop productivity, nutritional quality, resistance to biological and environmental stressors is vital for global food security. While hybrid breeding forms the cornerstone of modern crop improvement, conventional breeding approaches are limited by genetic barriers and prolonged breeding cycles. CRISPR-Cas based genome editing has revolutionized plant biology by allowing precise, efficient, and multiplex genetic modifications. This review provides a comprehensive synthesis of a recent advances in CRISPR-Cas technologies and their strategic applications in crop genetics and hybrid breeding. We summarize major genome-editing strategies, including gene knock-out, base editing (BE), knock-in, gene replacement, epigenome editing, and transcriptional regulation. Furthermore, we contrast stable, transient, and DNA-free delivery systems, highlighting ribonucleoprotein (RNP)-mediated delivery for minimizing off-target effects and avoiding transgene integration. We showcase how these technologies accelerate hybrid breeding by engineering male sterility systems, fixing heterosis, and generating high-throughput mutant libraries for trait discovery. Finally, we synthesize major bottlenecks in tissue culture-independent transformation and delivery systems, while outlining how emerging paradigms like

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base editingCRISPR/Casfunctional genomicsgenome editingprecision plant breedingstress tolerance

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PMID42713468
PMCPMC13552208

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