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Mutagenesis Approaches and Their Role in Crop Improvement
Induced mutagenesis is one of the most efficient tools that has been utilized extensively to create genetic variation as well as for identification of key regulatory genes for economically important traits toward the crop improvement. Mutations can be induced by several techniques such as physical,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6918138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31683624 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants8110467 |
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author | Chaudhary, Juhi Deshmukh, Rupesh Sonah, Humira |
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description | Induced mutagenesis is one of the most efficient tools that has been utilized extensively to create genetic variation as well as for identification of key regulatory genes for economically important traits toward the crop improvement. Mutations can be induced by several techniques such as physical, chemical, and insertional mutagen treatments; however, these methods are not preferred because of cost and tedious process. Nonetheless, with the advancements in next-generation sequencing (NGS) techniques, millions of mutations can be detected in a very short period of time and, therefore, considered as convenient and cost efficient. Furthermore, induced mutagenesis coupled with whole-genome sequencing has provided a robust platform for forward and reverse genetic applications. Moreover, the availability of whole-genome sequence information for large number of crops has enabled target-specific genome editing techniques as a preferable method to engineer desired mutations. The available genome editing approaches such as ZFNs (Zinc Finger Nucleases), transcription activator like effector nucleases (TALENS), and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated9 (Cas9) endonuclease have been utilized to perform site-specific mutations in several plant species. In particular, the CRISPR/Cas9 has transformed the genome editing because of its simplicity and robustness, therefore, have been utilized to enhance biotic and abiotic stress resistance. The Special Issue of Plants highlights the efforts by the scientific community utilizing mutagenesis techniques for the identification of novel genes toward crop improvement. |
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spelling | pubmed-69181382019-12-24 Mutagenesis Approaches and Their Role in Crop Improvement Chaudhary, Juhi Deshmukh, Rupesh Sonah, Humira Plants (Basel) Editorial Induced mutagenesis is one of the most efficient tools that has been utilized extensively to create genetic variation as well as for identification of key regulatory genes for economically important traits toward the crop improvement. Mutations can be induced by several techniques such as physical, chemical, and insertional mutagen treatments; however, these methods are not preferred because of cost and tedious process. Nonetheless, with the advancements in next-generation sequencing (NGS) techniques, millions of mutations can be detected in a very short period of time and, therefore, considered as convenient and cost efficient. Furthermore, induced mutagenesis coupled with whole-genome sequencing has provided a robust platform for forward and reverse genetic applications. Moreover, the availability of whole-genome sequence information for large number of crops has enabled target-specific genome editing techniques as a preferable method to engineer desired mutations. The available genome editing approaches such as ZFNs (Zinc Finger Nucleases), transcription activator like effector nucleases (TALENS), and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated9 (Cas9) endonuclease have been utilized to perform site-specific mutations in several plant species. In particular, the CRISPR/Cas9 has transformed the genome editing because of its simplicity and robustness, therefore, have been utilized to enhance biotic and abiotic stress resistance. The Special Issue of Plants highlights the efforts by the scientific community utilizing mutagenesis techniques for the identification of novel genes toward crop improvement. MDPI 2019-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC6918138/ /pubmed/31683624 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants8110467 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Editorial Chaudhary, Juhi Deshmukh, Rupesh Sonah, Humira Mutagenesis Approaches and Their Role in Crop Improvement |
title | Mutagenesis Approaches and Their Role in Crop Improvement |
title_full | Mutagenesis Approaches and Their Role in Crop Improvement |
title_fullStr | Mutagenesis Approaches and Their Role in Crop Improvement |
title_full_unstemmed | Mutagenesis Approaches and Their Role in Crop Improvement |
title_short | Mutagenesis Approaches and Their Role in Crop Improvement |
title_sort | mutagenesis approaches and their role in crop improvement |
topic | Editorial |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6918138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31683624 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants8110467 |
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