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ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Applications of Gene-Editing Technologies in Enhancing Crop Stress Resistance with Emphasis on Rice.

Minghui Sun, Fozia Ghouri, Muhammad Waqas, Amjad Ali, Muhammad Azhar Nadeem, Guanqing Wu, Faheem Shehzad Baloch, Muhammad Qasim Shahid

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Review in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Minghui SunState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
Fozia GhouriState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5579-5179
Muhammad WaqasState Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-Breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China.
Amjad AliDepartment of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Sivas University of Science and Technology, Sivas 58140, Türkiye.
Muhammad Azhar NadeemDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mersin University, Yenişehir, Mersin 33343, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-0637-9619
Guanqing WuState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
Faheem Shehzad BalochDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mersin University, Yenişehir, Mersin 33343, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-7470-0080
Muhammad Qasim ShahidState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6767-4355

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32350610253
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene-editing technology provides innovative strategies for coping with crop stress, enhancing resistance to biotic stresses (fungal, bacterial, viral infections) and abiotic stresses (salinity, drought, heavy metals, temperature extremes). The CRISPR/Cas9 system is widely used to knock out susceptibility genes, activate resistance genes, or modulate stress-response genes, yielding many stress-resistant crop varieties. However, off-target effects, chimeric effects, and the complexity of multi-gene synergistic editing limit its application. By optimizing and integrating with other cutting-edge technologies, gene editing is expected to yield highly stress-resistant and high-yielding crop varieties, contributing significantly to sustainable agricultural development and ensuring global food security. Rice, a key staple and model plant, has been extensively studied in gene-editing-based research on stress resistance. The practical potential of gene editing for agricultural improvement has been demonstrated by the effective modification of many genes linked to drought, salinity, temperature extremes, and disease resistance using CRISPR/Cas9 and related technologies. This review discusses gene-editing applications in crop stress research, examining the effects of various stresses on crops and the use of gene editing to develop stress-tolerant varieties. It offers substantial guidance for improving crop stress tolerance through gene editing, creating highly resilient cultivars with greater adaptation to complex, variable environments.

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CRISPR/Cas9crop stress tolerancegene editinggenome engineeringstress-resistant breeding

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PMID42197609
PMCPMC13211264

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