TABLE 3.

CRISPR/Cas applications in vegetable crop improvement*.

Crop	Edited gene	Improved trait	References
Brassica napus (rapeseed)	BnSFAR4, BnSFAR5	Higher seed oil content without loss of plant vigor	Karunarathna et al. (2020)
Brassica oleracea (chinese kale)	BoaCRTISO	Improved leaf coloration via pigment modulation	Sun et al. (2020)
Brassica rapa (chinese cabbage)	BraFLC2, BraFLC3	Early flowering without vernalization requirement	Jeong et al. (2019)
Cucurbita maxima (pumpkin)	RBOHD	Improved salinity tolerance via root ion balance	Huang et al. (2019)
Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)	SlAMS	Reduced pollen viability for male sterility induction	Bao et al. (2022)
	SlPelo, SlMlo1	Dual resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl virus and powdery mildew	Pramanik et al. (2021)
	MAX1	Resistance to Phelipanche aegyptiaca via strigolactone suppression	Bari et al. (2021)
	SlHyPRP1	Salinity tolerance via loss of negative regulatory domains	Tran et al. (2021)
	SlMAPK3	Heat stress tolerance via ROS and stress pathway regulation	Yu et al. (2019)
	ALS1, ALS2, ALS3	Resistance to chlorsulfuron herbicide	Danilo et al. (2019)
	SlJAZ2	Resistance to bacterial speck without loss of defense against necrotrophs	Ortigosa et al. (2019)