Plant genetic engineering makes treasure from trash

Authors

  • Joachim Forner Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6406-7066
  • Dennis Kleinschmidt Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25250/thescbr.brk683

Keywords:

plants, genetic engineering, plant breeding, mitochondria

Abstract

We have seen in recent years a massive leap forward in plant genetic engineering which holds great promise for future plant breeding. However, the genes that steer the plant’s powerhouses had resisted our attempts to change them. We tried a technique that had fallen out of favour in the last decade, and we unexpectedly discovered an efficient and valuable tool.

Author Biographies

Joachim Forner, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Dennis Kleinschmidt, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie

Technical Assistant

Original article reference

Forner, J., Kleinschmidt, D., Meyer, E. H., Fischer, A., Morbitzer, R., Lahaye, T., Schöttler, M. A., & Bock, R. (2022). Targeted introduction of heritable point mutations into the plant mitochondrial genome. Nature Plants, 8(3), 245–256. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01108-y

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Published

2023-02-27

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2023): TheScienceBreaker

Section

Plant Biology

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