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ArticlePlant biotechnology journal2019

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of Ms1 enables the rapid generation of male-sterile hexaploid wheat lines for use in hybrid seed production.

Anzu Okada, Taj Arndell, Nikolai Borisjuk, Niharika Sharma, Nathan S Watson-Haigh, Elise J Tucker, Ute Baumann, Peter Langridge, Ryan Whitford

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Article in Plant biotechnology journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers.

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79citing papers in PubMed
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79 citing papers in PubMed, 183 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anzu OkadaSchool of Agriculture, Food & Wine, The University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia.
Taj ArndellSchool of Agriculture, Food & Wine, The University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6540-2006
Nikolai BorisjukSchool of Agriculture, Food & Wine, The University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia.
Niharika SharmaSchool of Agriculture, Food & Wine, The University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia.
Nathan S Watson-HaighSchool of Agriculture, Food & Wine, The University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia.
Elise J TuckerSchool of Agriculture, Food & Wine, The University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia.
Ute BaumannSchool of Agriculture, Food & Wine, The University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia.
Peter LangridgeSchool of Agriculture, Food & Wine, The University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia.
Ryan WhitfordSchool of Agriculture, Food & Wine, The University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia.
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Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development and adoption of hybrid seed technology have led to dramatic increases in agricultural productivity. However, it has been a challenge to develop a commercially viable platform for the production of hybrid wheat (Triticum aestivum) seed due to wheat's strong inbreeding habit. Recently, a novel platform for commercial hybrid seed production was described. This hybridization platform utilizes nuclear male sterility to force outcrossing and has been applied to maize and rice. With the recent molecular identification of the wheat male fertility gene Ms1, it is now possible to extend the use of this novel hybridization platform to wheat. In this report, we used the CRISPR/Cas9 system to generate heritable, targeted mutations in Ms1. The introduction of biallelic frameshift mutations into Ms1 resulted in complete male sterility in wheat cultivars Fielder and Gladius, and several of the selected male-sterile lines were potentially non-transgenic. Our study demonstrates the utility of the CRISPR/Cas9 system for the rapid generation of male sterility in commercial wheat cultivars. This represents an important step towards capturing heterosis to improve wheat yields, through the production and use of hybrid seed on an industrial scale.

Indexed as

CRISPR-Cas SystemsPlant InfertilitySeedsFrameshift MutationGene Knockout TechniquesGenes, PlantPolyploidyTriticumCRISPR/Cas9genome editinghybrid wheatmale sterilityMs1Triticum aestivum

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PMID30839150
PMCPMC6737020
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