#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

Huazhong Agricultural University researchers deployed transcript-specific #CRISPR editing to uncouple overlapping genes at the OsRLCK280/NAT1 locus, proving #OsRLCK280 governs blast #immunity and BR signaling while #antisense NAT1 independently regulates #grainlength. 🌾🤖 #RiceGenomics #KabinXie

Shanghai Normal University researchers developed ePE-P3-SpRY, an optimized PAM-flexible prime editing system that overcomes SpRY activity loss in rice to achieve up to 96% precise editing across NAN, NGN, NCN, and NTN motifs. 🌾🤖 #RiceGenomics #PrimeEditing #SpRY #NewPhytologist #CropBiotech