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ReviewGM crops & food2025

Advancing nutritional quality in oilseed crops through genome editing: a comprehensive review.

Asmamaw Menelih, Abayeneh Girma, Aleka Aemiro

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Review in GM crops & food, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Flax Lignans: From Biosynthetic Regulation to Biological Activities.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  2. Biodiversity and genetic improvement ofFrontiers in plant science · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Asmamaw MenelihDepartment of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Mekdela Amba University, Tulu Awuliya, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0001-9106-0938
Abayeneh GirmaDepartment of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Mekdela Amba University, Tulu Awuliya, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0001-6155-315X
Aleka AemiroDepartment of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Mekdela Amba University, Tulu Awuliya, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0001-8634-5111

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genome editing has emerged as a powerful approach to enhancing the nutritional quality of oilseed crops. Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats case9 (CRISPR/Cas9) is the predominant editing tool, while transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) and base editors are used less commonly. Key fatty acid desaturase genes such as FAD2 and FAD3 are prime targets because of their critical functions in fatty acid desaturation. This review summarizes recent progress in editing genes associated with oil composition and related traits across oilseed species. Visual data representations including, Sankey diagrams, heat maps, and crop-trait matrices illustrate shared editing priorities and emerging trait targets across crops. Despite its promise, genome editing still faces challenges in transformation efficiency, field-level validation, and regulatory acceptance. This review underscores the increasing impact of target gene editing on nutritional trait improvement and its potential to accelerate the development of healthier, more sustainable oilseed varieties.

Indexed as

Crops, AgriculturalGene EditingNutritive ValuePlant OilsCRISPR-Cas SystemsFatty Acid DesaturasesGenome, PlantPlants, Genetically ModifiedSeedsFatty Acid DesaturasesPlant OilsCRISPR/Cas9genome editingnutritional qualityoilseed cropsoleic acid

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PMID41083939
PMCPMC12520109

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