De novo domestication of wild tomato using genome editing

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 1211-1216

  Zsögön, Agustin ^a   Čermák, Tomáš ^b,e   Naves, Emmanuel Rezende ^a   Notini, Marcela Morato ^c   Edel, Kai H ^d   Weinl, Stefan ^d   Freschi, Luciano ^c   Voytas, Daniel F ^b   Kudla, Jörg ^d   Peres, Lázaro Eustáquio Pereira ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e Inari Agriculture Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CROPS; GENES; PRODUCTIVITY;

DISEASE RESISTANCE; FRUIT NUMBERS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENOME ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BREEDING; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; S. PIMPINELLIFOLIUM; STRESS TOLERANCE;

FRUITS;

LYCOPENE;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTICATION; FRUIT SIZE; GENE EDITING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HARVEST; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SOLANUM; SOLANUM PIMPINELLIFOLIUM;

EID: 85058780277     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.4272     Document Type: Article

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