Editorial: Applications of novel gene editing tools and approaches in plants

Cheng Yuan; Tong Zhang; Changjun Huang

doi:10.3389/fgeed.2024.1404959

Editorial: Applications of novel gene editing tools and approaches in plants

Front Genome Ed. 2024 Apr 8:6:1404959. doi: 10.3389/fgeed.2024.1404959. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Cheng Yuan¹, Tong Zhang², Changjun Huang¹

Affiliations

¹ Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Kunming, China.
² Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.

No abstract available

Keywords: gene function; gene knockout; genetic transformation; genome editing tools; trait improvement.

Publication types

Editorial

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was funded by the NSF of China (Nos 31960530, 31860499 and 32222071).