#Jiayang Li and Hong Yu’s team used #CRISPR promoter saturation editing on OsHMA3 to disrupt repressor OsRF2b binding, creating a transgene-free knock-up allele that reduces rice grain cadmium by 40.7% with zero yield penalty. 🌾🤖 #RiceGenomics #PlantBiotech2026 #CadmiumSafety #PromoterEditing

Shahid Mansoor’s team reviewed the evolution of plant #primeediting from PE1 to AI-designed PE8, highlighting pegRNA stabilization, cis-regulatory expression tuning, and PE-recombinase systems for predictive crop breeding. 🌾🤖 #PlantBiotech2026 #TrendsInPlantScience #CropGenomics #AIinBiotech

CAAS researchers used #CRISPR/Cas9 to knock out NtCYP94B3 in tobacco, preventing JA-Ile degradation to elevate trypsin inhibitor (+43.5%) and nicotine (+34.8%), suppressing Spodoptera litura cutworms without field yield drag. 🌿🤖 #TobaccoGenomics #PlantBiotech2026 #InsectResistance #Jasmonate