An Updated Overview on Insights into Sugarcane Genome Editing via CRISPR/Cas9 for Sustainable Production

Shareif Hammad Hussin, Xinlong Liu (), Chunjia Li, Mohamed Diaby, Ghulam Hussain Jatoi, Raees Ahmed, Muhammad Imran and Muhammad Aamir Iqbal ()
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Shareif Hammad Hussin: Yunnan Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement, Sugarcane Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kaiyuan 661699, China
Xinlong Liu: Yunnan Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement, Sugarcane Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kaiyuan 661699, China
Chunjia Li: Yunnan Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement, Sugarcane Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kaiyuan 661699, China
Mohamed Diaby: College of Animal Science & Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Ghulam Hussain Jatoi: Department of Agriculture, Mir Chakar Khan Rind University, Sibi 82000, Pakistan
Raees Ahmed: Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Rawalakot 12350, Pakistan
Muhammad Imran: Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Rawalakot 12350, Pakistan
Muhammad Aamir Iqbal: Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Rawalakot 12350, Pakistan

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-16

Abstract: Sugarcane crop constitutes one of the most vital sources of sugar and bioenergy globally; however, higher level of polyploidy makes its genome editing an intricate task. Recently, genome editing has become easier with CRISPR/Cas9 system that uses Cas9 to target sequence-specific regions and introduce double-strand breaks into the target region. This technique has been successfully employed to develop new varieties of sugarcane having desired phenotypic and physiological traits. Several genes can be fused with the CRISPR/Cas9 system leading to successful metabolic engineering and biological improvement for ensuring sustainable enhancement in sugarcane production. This simple RNA-guided genome editing technique has become a revolutionary tool and innovative application in biology that might be effectively employed for inducing specified genomic modifications in plant tissues. This review attempts to synthesize fundamentals of genome editing techniques with an ultimate aim to find out opportunities and challenges of sugarcane genome editing. It also tends to summarize the advances and achievements of gene editing via CRISPR-based genome editing technique for numerous field crops. Lastly, the enormous potential of CRISPR/Cas9 for gene editing in sugarcane, major challenges and future perspectives have been objectively elaborated.

Keywords: biotechnological tools; sugarcane biology; gene editing; molecular markers; sucrose content (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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