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ReviewScience China. Life sciences2022

Plant synthetic epigenomic engineering for crop improvement.

Liwen Yang, Pingxian Zhang, Yifan Wang, Guihua Hu, Weijun Guo, Xiaofeng Gu, Li Pu

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Review in Science China. Life sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Epigenetics in the modern era of crop improvements.Science China. Life sciences · 2025
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  5. Integrating omics databases for enhanced crop breeding.Journal of integrative bioinformatics · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Liwen Yang *Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
Pingxian Zhang *Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
Yifan Wang *Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
Guihua HuBiotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
Weijun GuoBiotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
Xiaofeng GuBiotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China. guxiaofeng@caas.cn.
Li PuBiotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China. puli@caas.cn.
Biotechnology Research Institute · CNChinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CNHuazhong Agricultural University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efforts have been directed to redesign crops with increased yield, stress adaptability, and nutritional value through synthetic biology-the application of engineering principles to biology. A recent expansion in our understanding of how epigenetic mechanisms regulate plant development and stress responses has unveiled a new set of resources that can be harnessed to develop improved crops, thus heralding the promise of "synthetic epigenetics." In this review, we summarize the latest advances in epigenetic regulation and highlight how innovative sequencing techniques, epigenetic editing, and deep learning-driven predictive tools can rapidly extend these insights. We also proposed the future directions of synthetic epigenetics for the development of engineered smart crops that can actively monitor and respond to internal and external cues throughout their life cycles.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticEpigenomicsCrops, AgriculturalPlant BreedingPlant DevelopmentSynthetic Biologycrop improvementepigeneticssynthetic biologysynthetic epigenetics

Identifiers

PMID35851940
OpenAlexW4285804306

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