Genome editing precisely boosts salt‐tolerant japonica rice yield

2026/06/15 by Mengmeng Zhou, Qihao Sun, Jian Sun +7 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #CRISPR and Genetic Engineering #Gene #Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals #Genome #Genome editing #Japonica rice #Key (lock) #Plant Molecular Biology Research #Yield (engineering)

paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/jipb.70313

openalex publication_date 2026/06/15 · openalex created_date 2026/06/16 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Gene editing of three key genes, G PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNIT, CYTOKININ OXIDASE, AND IDEAL PLANT ARCHITECTURE 1, improved the salt-tolerant japonica rice variety Lansheng increased yield while maintaining its original salt tolerance and quality.

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• 🌾 Editing 3 key genes in salt-tolerant Lansheng #rice increases #yield while maintaining #salt tolerance and quality-findings that will support #socioeconomic stability, #agricultural sustainability [bsky, 13 points, 1 comments]

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