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. 2022 Feb;41(2):493-495.
doi: 10.1007/s00299-021-02827-w. Epub 2022 Jan 7.

Generation of a multi-herbicide-tolerant alfalfa by using base editing

Emilia Bottero  1   2 , Cristina Gómez  1   2 , Margarita Stritzler  1   2 , Hiromi Tajima  3 , Romina Frare  1   2 , Cecilia Pascuan  1   2 , Eduardo Blumwald  3 , Nicolás Ayub  1   2 , Gabriela Soto  4   5
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Generation of a multi-herbicide-tolerant alfalfa by using base editing

Emilia Bottero et al. Plant Cell Rep. 2022 Feb.

Abstract

We present the first report on base editing in alfalfa. Specifically, we showed edited alfalfa with tolerance to both sulfonylurea- and imidazolinone-type herbicides.

Keywords: ALS; Alfalfa; Base editing; CRISPR/Cas9; Herbicides.

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