Current Status of Research, Regulations, and Future Challenges for CRISPR Gene Editing in Crop Improvement

Sadikshya Sharma, Kaitlyn Vondracek, Heqiang Huo, Tie Liu and Seonghee Lee


Release Date: 8/14/2023

Reviewed At: 7/29/2023

DOI: 10.32473/edis-hs1334-2019

Agriculture

Abstract

A UF/IFAS numbered peer reviewed Fact Sheet. in support of UF/IFAS Extension program: Citizen awareness of food systems and the environment

About this Publication

This document is HS1334, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date August 2019. Revised August 2023. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Sadikshya Sharma, OPS, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center; Heqiang Huo, assistant professor, Environmental Horticulture Department, UF/IFAS Mid-Florida REC; Kaitlyn Vondracek, Graduate Assistant, UF/IFAS GCREC; Tie Liu, Assistant Professor, Horticultural Sciences Department; and  Seonghee Lee, associate  professor, Horticultural Sciences Department, UF/IFAS GCREC; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Sharma, S., Lee, S., & Huo, H. (2019). Current Status of Research, Regulations, and Future Challenges for CRISPR Gene-Editing in Crop Improvement. EDIS, 2019(4), 4. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-hs1334-2019

Authors

Heqiang Huo
Heqiang Huo
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, Apopka, FL

Tie Liu
Tie Liu
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, postharvest genomics, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, UF/IFAS Department of Horticultural Sciences and UF Genetics Institute, Gainesville, FL

Seonghee Lee
Seonghee Lee
Specialist
University of Florida

research associate professor, strawberry molecular genetics and genomics, Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL

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