Engineering Crops without Genome Integration Using Nanotechnology

Peng Wang; Fang-Jie Zhao; Peter M Kopittke

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2019.05.004

Engineering Crops without Genome Integration Using Nanotechnology

Trends Plant Sci. 2019 Jul;24(7):574-577. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.05.004. Epub 2019 May 30.

Authors

Peng Wang¹, Fang-Jie Zhao², Peter M Kopittke³

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China. Electronic address: p.wang3@njau.edu.cn.
² State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
³ School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia.

PMID: 31155336
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.05.004

Abstract

Nanomaterial-based delivery systems can deliver functional genes or siRNA into intact plant cells and create transgene-free genetically engineered plants. This system allows highly efficient and organelle-specific delivery that can overcome host-range limitations. This approach will have a diverse range of applications in plant biotechnology and plant biology.

Keywords: controlled regulation; nanotechnology; nontransgenic engineering plants; organelle-specific delivery; plant genome editing.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biotechnology*
CRISPR-Cas Systems
Crops, Agricultural*
Genetic Engineering
Genome, Plant
Nanotechnology
Plant Cells
Plants, Genetically Modified