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  • Rapid generation of a trans...
    Nekrasov, Vladimir; Wang, Congmao; Win, Joe; Lanz, Christa; Weigel, Detlef; Kamoun, Sophien

    Scientific reports, 03/2017, Letnik: 7, Številka: 1
    Journal Article

    Genome editing has emerged as a technology with a potential to revolutionize plant breeding. In this study, we report on generating, in less than ten months, Tomelo, a non-transgenic tomato variety resistant to the powdery mildew fungal pathogen using the CRISPR/Cas9 technology. We used whole-genome sequencing to show that Tomelo does not carry any foreign DNA sequences but only carries a deletion that is indistinguishable from naturally occurring mutations. We also present evidence for CRISPR/Cas9 being a highly precise tool, as we did not detect off-target mutations in Tomelo. Using our pipeline, mutations can be readily introduced into elite or locally adapted tomato varieties in less than a year with relatively minimal effort and investment.