Improving cassava bacterial blight resistance by editing the epigenome
K. M. Veley, K. Elliott, G. Jensen, Z. Zhong, S. Feng, M. Yoder, K. B. Gilbert, J. C. Berry, Z.-J. D. Lin, B. Ghoshal, J. Gallego-Bartolome, J. Norton, S. Motomura-Wages, J. C. Carrington, S. E. Jacobsen, R. Bart
This study edits the epigenome of cassava to improve resistance to bacterial blight by blocking a susceptibility gene's activation.
bioRxiv · Jan 4, 2022Plant Biology