Precision genome editing heralds rapid de novo domestication for new crops.

Zhu, Xin-Guang; Zhu, Jian-Kang · Cell · 2021

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Abstract

The de novo domestication has the potential to rapidly capitalize on desirable traits of wild plants. In this issue of Cell, Yu et al. report a route of de novo domestication of an allotetraploid rice, heralding the creation of a novel staple food crop to support global food security.

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