CRISPR-Cas for Fungal Genome Editing: A New Tool for the Management of Plant Diseases

Affiliations

¹ Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
² Spanish-Portuguese Center for Agricultural Research (CIALE), Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Villamayor, Spain.

Isabel Vicente Muñoz et al. Front Plant Sci. 2019.

. 2019 Feb 15:10:135.

doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00135. eCollection 2019.

¹ Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
² Spanish-Portuguese Center for Agricultural Research (CIALE), Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Villamayor, Spain.

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Keywords: CRISPR-Cas9; beneficial fungi; biocontrol; filamentous fungi; fungal pathogens; genome editing; plant diseases management.

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