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. 2019 Jan 17;6(3):421–437. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwz005

Table 2.

Summary of the efficiencies of different plant base editing tools.

Transformation Gene Precise editing Imprecise Editing
System type Base editor Guide Promoter Cas9 UGI Species method target rate editing rate window Reference
ABE ABE6.3 AtU6::sgRNA 35S Cas9n Arabidopsis Agrobacterium FT 85% <0.1% 5–9 [102]
ABE7.8 AtYAO ALS
ABE7.9 AtRPS5a LFY
ABE7.10 PDS
ABE7.8 OsU6::sgRNA ZmUBI Cas9 Rice Agrobacterium MPK6 17.64% ND 4–6 [116]
ABE7.10 Cas9n MPK13 6.45%
SERK2 32.05%
WRKY45 62.26%
Tms9–1 0%
ABE7.10 OsU6::SpsgRNA ZmUBI SpCas9n Rice Agrobacterium SPL14 4.8–61.3% ND 5–10 [117]
OsU6::SasgRNA SaCas9n SPL16
SPL17
SPL18
SLR1
LOC_Os02g247
ABE7.10 OsU6::SpsgRNA ZmUBI VQR-SpCas9n Rice Agrobacterium SPL14 0–74.3% ND 3–14 [17]
OsU6::SpsgRNA VRER-SpCas9n SPL16
OsU6::SasgRNA KKH-SaCas9n SPL17
SPL18
GRF4
TOE1
IDS1
OMTN1
SNB
SPL13
ABE7.10 OsU3::sgRNA ZmUBI SpCas9n Rice Agrobacterium ACC 3.2–59.1% <0.1% 4–8 [118]
OsU3::esgRNA DEP1
OsU3::tRNA-sgRNA NRT1.1B
ABE7.10 TaU6::sgRNA ZmUBI SpCas9n Wheat Biolistic DEP1 0.4–1.1%
TaU6-esgRNA GW2
TaU6-tRNA-sgRNA
CBE PmCDA1-At OsU6::sgRNA 35S dCas9-Os Rice Agrobacterium GFP 3.41%–18.3% NA [98]
Cas9n-Os ALS
PmCDA1-At AtU6::sgRNA 35S Cas9n-At Tomato Agrobacterium DELLA Avg. 57.8% Avg. 46.6% 1–3
PmCDA1-Hs ETR1
rAPOBEC1 OsU3::sgRNA ZmUBI dCas9 UGI Rice Agrobacterium CDC48 43.48% <0.06% 3–8 [95]
Cas9n NRT1.1B
SPL14
Wheat Biolistic LOX2 1% ND
Maize Agrobacterium CENH3 10%
rAPOBEC1 OsU6::sgRNA ZmUBI Cas9n Rice Agrobacterium NRT1.1B 2.70% 10.80% 4–8 [97]
SLR1 13.30% 8.90%
rAPOBEC1 OsU3::sgRNA ZmUBI Cas9n UGI Rice Agrobacterium PDS 2–40% 18%-25% 1–10 [96]
SBEIIb
rAPOBEC1 AtU6::sgRNA EC1 Cas9n UGI Arabidopsis Agrobacterium ALS 1.7% NA 4–9, PAM [100]
rAPOBEC1 OsU6::sgRNA 35S Cas9n UGI Rice Agrobacterium SERK1 17.0% ND 2–8 [119]
ZmUBI VQR-Cas9n SERK2 10.5%
SPL14 38.90%
pi-ta 18.20%
hAID OsU6::sgRNA ZmUBI Cas9n Rice Agrobacterium pi-d2kit 30.80% 19.2% 3–7 [99]
FLS2 57% 81.90%
hAID OsU6::sgRNA ZmUBI Cas9n UGI AOS1 23.30% 7.30% 1–12
JAR1 21.70% 5.80%
JAR2 11.80% 0%
COI2 69.40% 27.80%
rAPOBEC1 OsU6::sgRNA ZmUBI Cas9n UGI AOS1 8.30% 2.10% 3–9
JAR1 17.00% 2.10%
JAR2 13.30% 3.30%
COI2 73.30% 13.50%
rAPOBEC1 AtU6::sgRNA 35S Cas9n UGI Watermelon Agrobacterium ALS 23.0% NA 7–8 [101]
rAPOBEC1 OsU6::SpsgRNA ZmUBI SpCas9n UGI Rice Agrobacterium PMS1 0–80% ND 4–15 [17]
OsU6::SpsgRNA VQR-SpCas9n Biolistic PMS3
OsU6::SasgRNA KKH-SaCas9n SPL14
SPL17
SNB

Bold letters are used when there were exceptionally good base editing effects. ND: not detected; NA: not available.