genome search | EU-SAGE

Genome-editing techniques are promising tools in plant breeding. To facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of the use of genome editing, EU-SAGE developed an interactive, publicly accessible online database of genome-edited crop plants as described in peer-reviewed scientific publications.
The aim of the database is to inform interested stakeholder communities in a transparent manner about the latest evidence about the use of genome editing in crop plants. Different elements including the plant species, traits, techniques, and applications can be filtered in this database.
Regarding the methodology, a literature search in the bibliographic databases and web pages of governmental agencies was conducted using predefined queries in English. Identifying research articles in other languages was not possible due to language barriers. Patents were not screened.
Peer-reviewed articles were screened for relevance and were included in the database based on pre-defined criteria. The main criterium is that the research article should describe a research study of any crop plant in which a trait has been introduced that is relevant from an agricultural and/or food/feed perspective. The database does neither give information on the stage of development of the crop plant, nor on the existence of the intention to develop the described crop plants to be marketed.
This database will be regularly updated. Please contact us via the following webpage in case you would like to inform us about a new scientific study of crops developed for market-oriented agricultural production as a result of genome editing

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Traits related to biotic stress tolerance

Highly significant reduction in susceptibility to fire blight, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora. Apple is one of the most cultivated fruit crops throughout the temperate regions of the world.
( Pompili et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Università degli Studi di Udine
Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy

Resistance against a protist pathogen: stable resistance against clubroot disease. Clubroot disease is caused by the protist Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin and can result in a 10-15% yield loss in Brassica species as well as related crops.
(Hu et al., 2023)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Canada

Fungal resistance: Enhanced resistance against powdery mildew, caused by Oidium neolycopersici, which is a major concern for the productivity of tomato plants.
(Li et al., 2024)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Torino, Italy
Wageningen University &
Research, The Netherlands
Shanxi Agricultural University, China

Bacterial resistance: Strong resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae, causing bacterial blight, a devastating rice disease resulting in yield losses.
(Blanvillain-Baufumé et al., 2017)

SDN1
TALENs

IRD-CIRAD-Université, France

Viral resistance: reduced viral accumulation and amelioration of virus-induced symptoms by Potato Virus Y.
(Lucioli et al., 2022)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

ENEA
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Italy
National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre, Hungary

Fungal resistance: effective reduction of susceptibility against downy mildew by increasing salicylic acid levels. The pathogen can devastate individual vineyards and in some cases also affect production from entire regions.
(Giacomelli et al., 2023)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Research and Innovation Centre
Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy
Enza Zaden
Hudson River Biotechnology, The Netherlands

Fungal resistance: stripe rust resistance, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici. In appropriate environmental conditions and susceptible varieties, stripe rust can cause huge grain yield and quality loss.
(Li et al., 2023)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Fudan University
Chinese Academy of Sciences
University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
China Agricultural University
Guangzhou University
School of Life Science
Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Ministry of Agriculture
National Engineering Research Center for Wheat and Maize
Sichuan Agricultural University
Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Université Paris Cité
Université Paris-Saclay, France

Mutants were compromised in infectivity of Phytophthora palmivora, a destructive oomycete plant pathogen with a wide host range
( Pettongkhao et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
University of Hawaii at Manoa
East-West Center, USA
Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU), UK

Fungal resistance: increased resistance against the fungus Pyricularia oryzae, causing rice blast, one of the most destructive diseases affecting rice worldwide.
(Távora et al., 2022)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Federal University of Juiz de Fora
Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology
Catholic University of Brasilia
Catholic University of Dom Bosco, Brazil
Agricultural Research Center for International Development (CIRAD)
University of Montpellier
Montpellier SupAgro, France

Fungal resistance: increased resistance to Erysiphe necator, causing powdery mildew in grape cultivar. The pathogen infects all green tissues and berries, leading to dramatic losses in yield and berry quality.
(Malnoy et al., 2016)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy
ToolGen Inc.
Institute for Basic Science
Seoul National University, South Korea

Oomycete resistance: resistance against downly mildew disease (DM). DM is caused by Peronospora belbahrii, a worldwide threat to the basil industry.
(Laura et al., 2023)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Research Centre for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops
Institute of Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology
Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection
Research Centre for Olive Fruit and Citrus Crops
University of Pisa
Center for Agricultural Experimentation and Assistance
Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Italy

Broad-spectrum disease resistance without yield loss.
( Sha et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Huazhong Agricultural University
Chengdu Normal University
Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Anhui Agricultural University
BGI-Shenzhen
Northwest A&
F University
Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Université de Bordeaux, France
University of California
The Joint BioEnergy Institute, USA
University of Adelaide, Australia

Viral resistance: enhanced resistance against wheat dwarf virus, which is a causal agent of wheat viral disease and can significantly impact wheat production worldwide.
(Yuan et al., 2024)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Northwest A&
F University, China

Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norway

Fungal resistance: increased tolerance to Late Blight disease, which could be devastating to tomato yields.
(Maioli et al., 2024)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Torino, Italy
Ingeniero Fausto Elio/n, Spain
Wageningen University &
Research,

Fungal resistance: resistance to Fusarium graminearum. Fusarium head blight (FHB) is an economically important disease, affecting both yield and grain quality of maize, wheat and barley.
(Brauer et al., 2020)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Canada

Bacterial resistance: improved resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae, which causes bacterial blight, a devastating rice disease resulting in yield losses.
(Oliva et al., 2019)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

International Rice Research Institute, Philippines
University of Missouri
University of Florida
Iowa State University
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA
Université Montpellier, France
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
Erfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Nagoya University, Japan

Bacterial resistance: Increased resistance to Erwinia amylovora, causing fire blight disease that threatens the apple and a wide range of ornamental and commercial Rosaceae host plants.
(Malnoy et al., 2016)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy
ToolGen Inc.
Institute for Basic Science
Seoul National University, South Korea

Nematode resistance: decreased susceptibility against root-knot nematodes, showing fewer gall and egg masses.
(Noureddine et al., 2023)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Université Côte d’Azur
Université de Toulouse, France
Kumamoto University, Japan

Rapid detection system for Paracoccus marginatus, an insect that can cause huge crop losses.
( Chen et al., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
UMR ISA, France

Viral resistance: partial resistance to Pepper veinal mottle virus (PVMV) isolate IC, with plants harboring weak symptoms and low virus loads at the systemic level.
(Moury et al., 2020)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

INRA, France
Université de Tunis El-Manar
Université de Carthage, Tunisia
Université Felix Houphouët-Boigny, Cote d’Ivoire
Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, Burkina Faso

Fungal resistance: improved resistance to necrotrophic fungus Botrytis cinerea.
(Jeon et al., 2020)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Stanford University, UK
L’Oreal, France
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA

Fungal resistance: Decreased susceptibility to Plasmopara viticola, the causing agent of the grapevine downy mildew.
(Djennane et al., 2023)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Université de Strasbourg
Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), France

Viral resistance: resistance to pepper veinal mottle virusin cherry fruit tomato (Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme)
(Kuroiwa et al., 2021)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

INRAE
Université Paris-Saclay
Université de Toulouse, France

Rapid detection of Sclerotium rolfsii, the causal agent of stem and root rot disease. This technique is effective for identification of pathogens, with potential for on-site testing.
( Changtor et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Naresuan University, Thailand

Traits related to abiotic stress tolerance

Increased drought-avoidance strategy.
( Maioli et al., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Torino, Italy
Ingeniero Fausto Elio/n, Spain
Wageningen University &
Research, The Netherlands

Reduced cuticle permeability and enhanced drought tolerance.
( He et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Northwest A&
F University
USA
University of British Columbia, Canada

Higher tolerance to salt and osmotic stress through reduced stomatal conductance coupled with increased leaf relative water content and Abscisic acid (ABA) content under normal and stressful conditions.
( Bouzroud et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Université Mohammed V de Rabat, Morocco
Université de Toulouse, France
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil

Improved drought tolerance.
( D'Incà., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University Roma Tre
Universit `a di Trieste
IOAG-BIOTECC.R. Casaccia
Sapienza University of Rome
University of Milano
Roma Tre Section
Instituto Nazionale Biostrutture e Biosistemi (INBB)
National Biodiversity Future Center, Italy

Traits related to improved food/feed quality

Reduced cesium content. The production of radiocesium in food in contaminated soils is a serious health concern.
( Nieves-Cordones et al., 2017 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Université Montpellier, France

Altered protein composition due to mutations in seed storage proteins. Two major families of storage proteins, account for about 70% of total soy seed protein. Some major biochemical components influencing the quality of soy food products, for example tofu, are both the quantity and quality of storage proteins in soybean seeds.
( Li et al., 2019 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Western University
Harrow Research and Development Centre, Canada
Sun Yat-sen University
Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Minnan Normal University
China

Reduce allergen proteins. Structural and metabolic proteins, like α-amylase/trypsin inhibitors are involved in the onset of wheat allergies (bakers' asthma) and probably Non-Coeliac Wheat Sensitivity (NCWS).
( Camerlengo et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Tuscia, Italy
Rothamsted Research, UK
Impasse Thérèse Bertrand-Fontaine, France

Improved seed oil content: increased levels of monounsaturated fatty acids and decreased levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
(Wang et al., 2022)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Huazhong Agricultural University, China
National Research Council Canada, Canada

Increased levels of oleic acid, decreased levels of fatty acids.
( Morineau et al., 2016 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Université Paris-Saclay, France

Altered gliadin levels resulting in improved end-use quality and reduced gluten epitopes associated with celiac disease. Gliadins are important for wheat end-use traits.
( Liu et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

China Agricultural University, China
Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, Italy

Mutant cell lines doubled the accumulation level of anthocyanins biosynthesized. The production of these important pigments was stabilized over time.
( D'Amelia et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

National Research Council of Italy
University of Naples Federico II
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Italy

Traits related to increased plant yield and growth

Larger fruits with more locules and larger shoot apical meristem.
( Song et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

South China Agricultural University, China
University of Toulouse, France

Early-flowering varieties. The timing of flowering is an important event in the life cycle of flowering plants.
( Jiang et al., 2018 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Hunan Agricultural University, China
Université de Strasbourg, France

Root growth angle regulation, among the most important determinants of root system architecture. Root growth angle controls water uptake capacity, stress resilience, nutrient use efficiency and thus yield of crop plants.
( Kirschner et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Bonn
University of Cologne
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research Gatersleben
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
University of Bologna, Italy

More flowers in both determinate and indeterminate cultivars and more produced fruit.
( Hu et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Université de Toulouse
Université Bordeaux, France
Chongqing University, China

Regulated inflorescence and flower development. More flowers and more fruit produced upon vibration-assisted fertilization.
( Hu et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Université de Toulouse, France
Chongqing University, China

Early flowering. Certain mutants also showed following phenotypes: determinate flowering, shorter stature and/or basal branching.
(Bellec et al., 2022)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Université Paris-Saclay, France

Control meristem size to increase fruit yield.
( Yuste-Lisbona et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Universidad de Almería
Universitat Politècnica de València–Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Spain
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics, Germany
Université Paris-Saclay, France

Increased water use efficiency without growth reductions in well-watered conditions.
( Blankenagel et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Technical University of Munich
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
German Research Center for Environmental Health
KWS SAAT SE &
Co.KGaA
Université Technique de Munich
Heinrich Heine University, Germany
LEPSE - Écophysiologie des Plantes sous Stress environnementaux, France

Early flowering. Day-light sensitivity limited the geographical range of cultivation.
( Soyk et al., 2016 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany
Université Paris-Scalay, France

Increased pollen activity, subsequently inducing fruit setting.
( Wu et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

South China Agricultural University
Chongqing University, China
Université de Toulouse, France

Confer shoot architectural changes for increased resource inputs to increase crop yield.
( Stanic et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Calgary, Canada
SRM Institute of Technology, India

Production of enlarged, dome-shaped leaves. Enlarged fruits with increased pericarp thickness due to cell expansion.
( Swinnen et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Ghent University
Center for Plant Systems Biology, Vives, Belgium
Université de Bordeaux, France

Improved spikelet number per panicle led to increased grain yield per plant.
( Ludwig et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines
University of Pavia, Italy

Traits related to industrial utilization

Asexual propagation trough seeds. Induction of apomeiosis, mitosis instead of meiosis. This proces leads to the production of genetically identical seeds, serving many applications in plant breeding.
( Khanday et al., 2019 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of California
Innovative Genomics Institute
Iowa State University, USA
Université Paris-Saclay, France

Jointless tomatoes. Pedicel abscission is an important agronomic factor that controls yield and post-harvest fruit quality. In tomato, floral stems that remain attached to harvested fruits during picking mechanically damage the fruits during transportation, decreasing the fruit quality for fresh-market tomatoes and the pulp quality for processing tomatoes.
( Roldan et al., 2017 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), France
University of Liège, Belgium

Enabled clonal reproduction trough seeds. Application of the method may enable self-propagation of a broad range of elite F1 hybrid crops.
( Wang et al., 2019 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Université Paris-Saclay, France

Bio-fuel production: decreased lignin content improves cell wall composition for production of bio-ethanol.
(Laksana et al., 2024)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Burapha University Sakaeo Campus
Kasetsart University, Thailand

Removal of methyl iodide emissions. The release of methyl iodide in the athmospere causes ozone depletion and thus represents an important environmental threat.
( Carlessi et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

PlantLab
Institute of Life Sciences
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
University of Pisa
University of Milan, Italy

Accelerated domestication of African rice landraces by improving domestication traits such as sheed shattering, lodging and seed yield. The acceleration of the development of high-yield African landrace varieties is important considering that Africa has a strong growing population and prone to food shortage.
( Lacchini et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Milan, Italy
University of Montpellier, France

Traits related to herbicide tolerance

Chlorsulfuron
( Veillet et al., 2019 )

Université Rennes 1
INRA PACA
Université Paris-Saclay, France

Herboxidiene
( Butt et al., 2019 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
Universite Paris-Saclay, France

Dinitroanaline
( Liu et al., 2021 )

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
China Agricultural University
Zhejiang University
Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Crop Pests in Guilin, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norway

Herbicide tolerance: AHAS-inhibiting
(Gocal et al., 2015)

ODM

Cibus, Canada
Cibus, USA

Chlorsulfuron
( Veillet et al., 2019 )

Université Rennes 1
INRA PACA
Université Paris-Saclay, France

Bispyribac sodium
( Kuang et al., 2020 )

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
China Agricultural University
Zhejiang University, China
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norway

Traits related to product color/flavour

Improved aroma, flavour and fatty acid (FA) profiles of pea seeds.
( Bhowmik et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

National Research Council Canada (NRC)
University of Calgary
University of Saskatchewan
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
St. Boniface Hospital Research, Canada
John Innes Centre, UK

Albino phenotype.
( Charrier et al., 2019 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Université d'
Angers, France

Anthocyanin-rich and pigmented sweet oranges.
( Salonia et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Research Centre for Olive Fruit and Citrus Crops
University of Catania
Research and Innovation Centre Trento, Italy

Albino phenotype and early flowering.
( Charrier et al., 2019 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Université d'
Angers, France

A significant reduction of saponins. Saponins are a source of bitter, and metallic off-flavors in products containing peas.
( Hodgins et al., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Universityof Calgary
Universityof Saskatchewan
National Research Council of Canada, Canada

Traits related to storage performance

Reduced fruit flesh browning. The browning of eggplant berry flesh after cutting has a negative impact on fruit quality for both industrial transformation and fresh consumption.
( Maioli et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Torino, Italy
Instituto de Biologica Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP)
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

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Traits related to biotic stress tolerance

Traits related to abiotic stress tolerance

Traits related to improved food/feed quality

Traits related to increased plant yield and growth

Traits related to industrial utilization

Traits related to herbicide tolerance

Traits related to product color/flavour

Traits related to storage performance