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ArticlePlant cell reports2025

Developing Striga resistance in sorghum by modulating host cues through CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing.

Sirisha Kaniganti, Sudhakar Reddy Palakolanu, Benjamin Thiombiano, Jagadeesh Damarasingh, Pradeep Reddy Bommineni, Ping Che, Kiran Kumar Sharma, Todd Jones, Harro Bouwmeester, Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur

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Article in Plant cell reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Sirisha Kaniganti *International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Hyderabad, Telangana, 502324, India.
Sudhakar Reddy Palakolanu *International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Hyderabad, Telangana, 502324, India.
Benjamin ThiombianoSwammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 100 BE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Jagadeesh DamarasinghInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Hyderabad, Telangana, 502324, India.
Pradeep Reddy BommineniInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Hyderabad, Telangana, 502324, India.
Ping CheDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, IA, USA.
Kiran Kumar SharmaInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Hyderabad, Telangana, 502324, India.
Todd JonesDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, IA, USA.
Harro BouwmeesterSwammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 100 BE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Pooja Bhatnagar-MathurInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Hyderabad, Telangana, 502324, India. poojabhatnagarmathur@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-2884-4392

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Department of Biotechnology, Minstry of Science and Technology, India (IN) DBT/2017/ICRISAT/973
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

key messageHigh transformation and gene editing efficiencies in sorghum-produced, transgene-free SDN1-edited plants exhibit precise mutations, reduced germination stimulants, and enhanced resistance to Striga infection. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) is a primary food staple grain for millions in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It is mainly constrained by the parasitic weed Striga, which causes up to 100% yield losses and affects over 60% of cultivable farmlands and livelihoods. In this study, CRISPR/Cas9 technology is utilized to induce mutations in core strigolactone (SL) biosynthetic genes, i.e., CCD7, CCD8, MAX1, in addition to an uncharacterized gene (DUF) in the fine-mapped 400 kb lgs1 region in sorghum to develop durable Striga resistance. Two sorghum cultivars were delivered with the expression cassettes through immature embryo-based Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Our study demonstrated transformation and gene editing efficiencies of ~ 70 and up to 17.5% (calculated based on the numuber of established plants), respectively, in two sorghum genotypes. Subsequent analysis of homozygous E

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CRISPR-Cas SystemsDisease ResistanceGene EditingPlant DiseasesSorghumStrigaGene Expression Regulation, PlantLactonesMutationPlant ProteinsPlants, Genetically ModifiedLactonesPlant ProteinsCRISPR/Cas9DUFGene editingOrobancholSorghumStrigaStriglolactones

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