Highly Efficient and Heritable Targeted Mutagenesis in Wheat via the Agrobacterium

ABSTRACT: The CRISPR/Cas9 system has been successfully used in hexaploid wheat. Although it has been reported that the induced mutations can be passed to the next generation, gene editing and transmission patterns in later generations still need to be studied. In this study, we demonstrated that the CRISPR/Cas9 system could achieve efficient mutagenesis in five wheat genes via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of an sgRNA targeting the D genome, an sgRNA targeting both the A and B homologues and three tri-genome guides targeting the editing of all three homologues. High mutation rates and putative homozygous or biallelic mutations were observed in the T0 plants. The targeted mutations could be stably inherited by the next generation, and the editing efficiency of each mutant line increase

SUBMITTER: Zhang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6747105 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature