Engineering broad-spectrum resistance to bacterial blight by CRISPR-Cas9-mediated precise homology directed repair in rice

摘要

Dear Editor, Rice(Oryza sativa)is one of the most important food crops as well as a model plant for basic research.Rice bacterial blight(BB)caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzae(Xoo)is a devastating bacterial disease worldwide(Mew et al.,1993),affecting millions of hectares of rice annually,with an estimated crop loss of as high as 75％.