Potato trait development going fast-forward with genome editing

Per Hofvander; Erik Andreasson; Mariette Andersson

doi:10.1016/j.tig.2021.10.004

Potato trait development going fast-forward with genome editing

Trends Genet. 2022 Mar;38(3):218-221. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2021.10.004. Epub 2021 Oct 23.

Authors

Per Hofvander¹, Erik Andreasson², Mariette Andersson³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU Alnarp, Box 190, 234 22 Lomma, Sweden.
² Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU Alnarp, Box 190, 234 22 Lomma, Sweden.
³ Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU Alnarp, Box 190, 234 22 Lomma, Sweden. Electronic address: mariette.andersson@slu.se.

PMID: 34702578
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2021.10.004

Abstract

Implementations and improvements of genome editing techniques used in plant science have increased exponentially. For some crops, such as potato, the use of transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALEN) and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) has moved to the next step of trait development and field trials, and should soon be applied to commercial cultivation.

Keywords: acrylamide; amylose and amylopectin starch; browning; glycoalkaloids; late blight.

MeSH terms

CRISPR-Cas Systems / genetics
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
Crops, Agricultural / genetics
Gene Editing* / methods
Genome, Plant / genetics
Solanum tuberosum* / genetics
Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nucleases / genetics

Substances

Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nucleases