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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Gao, Huirong
• Gadlage, Mark J.
• Lafitte, H. Renee
• Lenderts, Brian
• Yang, Meizhu
• Schroder, Megan
• Farrell, Jeffry
• Snopek, Kay
• Peterson, Dave
• Feigenbutz, Lanie
• Jones, Spencer
• St Clair, Grace
• Rahe, Melissa
• Sanyour-Doyel, Nathalie
• Peng, Chenna
• Wang, Lijuan
• Young, Joshua K.
• Beatty, Mary
• Dahlke, Brian
• Hazebroek, Jan
• Greene, Thomas W.
• Cigan, A. Mark
• Chilcoat, N. Doane
• Meeley, R. Bob

Titel

Superior field performance of waxy corn engineered using CRISPR–Cas9

Ist Teil von

• Nature biotechnology, 2020-05, Vol.38 (5), p.579-581

Ort / Verlag

New York: Nature Publishing Group US

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We created waxy corn hybrids by CRISPR–Cas9 editing of a waxy allele in 12 elite inbred maize lines, a process that was more than a year faster than conventional trait introgression using backcrossing and marker-assisted selection. Field trials at 25 locations showed that CRISPR-waxy hybrids were agronomically superior to introgressed hybrids, producing on average 5.5 bushels per acre higher yield. Gene-edited waxy corn lines have higher yields in field trials than hybrids produced by traditional trait introgression.