CRISPR Technology for Combating Plant Pests and Pathogens improves understanding of CRISPR-mediated crop protection, presenting innovative strategies for developing disease-resistant crops that can withstand a variety of biotic stresses. In agricultural food production, a range of stressors continues to challenge crop production globally. Fortunately, modern crop breeding approaches have developed rapidly, including the promising technology of plant genome editing. Leading to improvements in disease-resilience or stress-tolerant crops, CRISPR/Cas9 is among the mainstream genome editing technologies for plant breeding precision and efficiency. CRISPR Technology for Combating Plant Pests and Pathogens offers in-depth summaries curated by leading experts and professors in the field of agricultural biotechnology, providing the essential knowledge needed to advance research and applications in crop resilience.
1. CRISPR technologies for obtaining biotic stress-tolerant plants
2. CRISPR plants against pests: Methods and applications
3. CRISPR plants against insect herbivores: Methods and applications
4. CRISPR plants against fungal diseases: Methods and applications
5. CRISPR plants against bacterial diseases: Methods and applications
6. CRISPR plants against viral diseases: Methods and applications
7. CRISPR plants for herbicide resistance: Methods and applications
8. CRISPR to Enhance Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) and Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE): Methods and Applications
9. CRISPR plants for enhancing secondary metabolism: Methods and applications
10. CRISPR plants against diseases in horticultural crops: Methods and applications
11. Emerging plant CRISPR technologies to improve efficiency and reduce off-target effects
12. Ethical, societal issues and future challenges of plant CRISPR technologies
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