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 abiotic stress tolerance

Increased drought tolerance: suppresses xylem vessel proliferation, leading to lower water conductance, and reduced water-loss under water-deficit conditions.
(Illouz-Eliaz et al., 2020)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture
The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Tolerance to salt stress.
( Tran et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Gyeongsang National University, South Korea
College of Agriculture
Bac Lieu University, Vietnam

Enhanced drought tolerance.
( Liu et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

China Agricultural University, China

Drought tolerance.
( Kim D et al,. 2018 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Montana State University, USA

Modulate aluminium resistance. Aluminum (Al) toxicity is the main factor inhibiting plant root development and reducing crops yield in acidic soils.
( Zhang et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
China Agricultural University, China
University of California, USA

Enhanced tolerance to heat stress involving ROS homeostasis. Less severe wilting and less membrane damage, lower reactive oxygen species (ROS) contents and higher activities and transcript levels of antioxidant enzymes, as well as higher expression of heat shock proteins and genes encoding heat stress transcription factors.
( Yu et al., 2019 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

China Agricultural University
Renmin University of China, China

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

Conferred thermotolerance and the stability of heat shock proteins.
( Huang et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Zhejiang University
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China
Shandong (Linyi) Institute of Modern Agriculture, China

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

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

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

Increased drought tolerance.
( Abdallah et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Cairo University, Egypt
Crop Improvement and Genetics Unit, USA

Reduced arsenic content and increased arsenic tolerance. Arsenic is toxic to organisms and elevated its accumulation may pose health risks to humans.
( Wang et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Henan Agricultural University
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Henan Agricultural University, China

Increased root length, which can restore good performance under water stress.
( Gabay et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of California
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA
University of Haifa, Israel
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Argentina
Fudan University
China Agricultural University, China
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Enhanced drought tolerance.
( Wang et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico

Enhanced drought tolerance.
( Qiu et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Southwest University, China

Enhanced tolerance to drought and salt stress.
( Shen et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Chongqing University
Yunnan Agricultural University, China

Enhanced cold tolerance.
( Fan et al., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Liaocheng University, China

Enhanced drought resistance through decreased stomata density and reduced water loss.
( Lv et al., 2024 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

China Agricultural University
Sanya Institute of China Agricultural University, China

Traits related to increased plant yield and growth

Increased fruit size. Highly branched inflorescence and formation of multiple flowers.
( Rodriguez-Leal et al., 2017 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

Regulating fruit ripening, one of the most important concerns in the study of fleshy fruit species.
( Ito et al., 2015 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

National Food Research Institute, Japan

Bigger seedlings.
( Lor et al., 2014 )

SDN1
TALENs

University of Minnesota, USA

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

Promote growth of axillary buds. Lateral branches develop from the axillary buds. The number of side branches is very important to plant architecture, which influences the yield and quality of the plant.
( Li et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Guizhou University
Northwest A&
F University
Shandong Agricultural University
Northeast Agricultural University
Shanxi University, China
Oxford University
University of Bedfordshire, UK

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

Altered spike architecture and grain treshability to increase grain production.
( Liu et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

Bigger grains, increased grain weight.
( Zhang et al., 2018 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Plant development. Phenotypes consistent with increased GA response: tall and slender with light green vegetation.
(Lor et al., 2014)

SDN1
TALENs

University of Minnesota, USA
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

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

Increase in floral organ number or fruit size, conferring enhanced tomato fruit yield.
( Rodriguez-Leal et al., 2017 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

Helical and vine-like growth. Helical growth is an economical way for plant to obtain resources.
( Yang et al., 2020 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Huazhong Agricultural University, China

Combine agronomically desirable traits with useful traits present in wild lines. Threefold increase in fruit size and a tenfold increase in fruit number. Fruit lycopene accumulation is improved by 500% compared with the widely cultivated S. lycopersicum.
( Zsögön et al., 2018 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Universidade de São Paulo Paulo, Brazil
University of Minnesota, USA
Universität Münster, Germany

Customize tomato cultivars for urban agriculture: increased compactness and decreased growth cycle of tomato plants.
(Kwon et al., 2020)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cornell University
University of Florida, USA
Wonkwang University, South Korea
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Optimum increase in phloem-transportation capacity leads to improved sink strength in tomato to increase agricultural crop production.
( Nam et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Pohang University of Science and Technology
Wonkwang University, South Korea

Improvement for larger kernel and yield.
( Ma et al., 2015 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

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

Dwarf phenotype. Tomatoes with compact growth habits and reduced plant height can be useful in some environments.
( Tomlinson et al., 2019 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Norwich Research Park, UK
University of Minnesota, USA

Increased spikelet number and delayed heading date. Two traits that are crucial and correlated to yield in wheat.
( Chen et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

China Agricultural University, China

Increased yield potential trough improved nitrogen use efficiency. Enhanced tolerance to N starvation, and showed delayed senescence and increased grain yield in field conditions. Lowered use of N fertilizer.
( Zhang et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Zhengzhou University, China

Dwarf phenotype to improve crop yield: lodging-resistant, compact, and perform well under high-density planting.
(Sun et al., 2020)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Shenyang Agricultural University
National &
Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Northern Horticultural Facilities Design &
Application Technology
College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, China

Increased grain weight and grain size. Carbohydrate and total protein levels also increased.
( Guo et al., 2021 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Sichuan Agricultural University, China
University of California, USA

Enhanced sink strength in tomato, improving fruit setting, and yield contents.
( Nam et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Pohang University of Science and Technology
Wonkwang University, South Korea

Regulated sepal growth
( Xing et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

China Agricultural University
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhejiang University, China
University of Nottingham, UK

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

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

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

Increased yield: plants produced more tillers and grains than azygous wild-type controls and the total yield was increased up to 15 per cent.
(Holubova et al., 2018)

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Palacký University
Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Czech Republic
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Germany

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

Shortened plant architecture and jointless pedicel without affecting the yield. This plant architecture can allow ground cultivation systems that do not require the support of stakes and ties and could be ultimately suitable for once-over mechanical harvesting.
( Lee et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Florida, USA

Elongated, occasionally peanut-like shaped fruit.
( Zheng et al., 2022 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Nagoya University
Kanazawa University, Japan
Huazhong Agricultural University, China

Increase in 1000-grain weight, grain area, grain width, grain length, plant height, and spikelets per spike.
( Errum et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC)
PARC Institute of Advanced Studies in Agriculture (PIASA)
Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Pakistan

Dwarf phenotype. Tomatoes with compact growth habits and reduced plant height can be useful in some environments.
( Ao et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Chongqing University, China

Early heading. Heading date is an important agronomic trait that affects climatic adaptation and yield potential.
( Fan et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Henan Agricultural University, China

Increased shoot branching. The number of side branches is very important to plant architecture, which influences the yield and quality of the plant.
( Chen et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Zhejiang University
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, China

Enhanced grain yield and semi-dwarf phenotype by manipulating brassinosteroid signal pathway.
( Song et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

China Agricultural University, China
Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit, USA

Early flowering phenotype with no adverse effect on yield.
( Shang et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Huazhong Agricultural University
Hubei Hongshan Laboratory
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
University of Nottingham, UK

Altered root architecture with increased tillers and total grain weight.
( Rahim et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

Quaid-e-Azam University
National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC)
The University of Haripur, Pakistan
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Nile University
Ain Shams University, Egypt
Chonnam National University, South Korea

Delayed onset of ripening.
( Nizampatnam et al., 2023 )

SDN1
CRISPR/Cas

University of Hyderabad
SRM University-AP, India

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Traits related to abiotic stress tolerance

Traits related to increased plant yield and growth