Gene drive: a faster route to plant improvement
Gene drive: a faster route to plant improvement
Tags: Agriculture, CRISPR, Gene drive synthetic, Gene editingH. A. Siddiqui, T. Harvey-Samuel and S. Mansoor, Trends in Plant Science, 2021.
Gene drives for control of vector-borne diseases have been demonstrated in insects but remain challenging in plants. Theoretically, they could be transformative in speeding breeding programs and contributing to food security through providing novel weed control methods. Zhang et al. now report the possibility of implementing gene drive in plants for the first time.
