Targeted disruption of tomato chromoplast-specific lycopene β-cyclase (CYC-B) gene promotes early accumulation of lycopene in fruits and enhanced postharvest cold tolerance

Plant Biotechnol J. 2023 Dec;21(12):2420-2422. doi: 10.1111/pbi.14169. Epub 2023 Aug 31.
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Keywords: CRISPR-Cas9; Solanum lycopersicum; cold stress tolerance; genetic linkage; high lycopene; indeterminate growth habit.

MeSH terms

  • Fruit / genetics
  • Lycopene
  • Plastids / genetics
  • Solanum lycopersicum* / genetics

Substances

  • Lycopene
  • lycopene cyclase-isomerase