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. 2022 Jul 2;3(2):146–161. doi: 10.1007/s42994-022-00076-3

Table 1.

List of targeted genes and traits modified via CRISPR/Cas technologies in Brassica

Species Targeted gene(s) Editing methods Repair results Phenotype Reference
Brassica oleracea var. capitata BolC.GA4.a CRISPR/Cas9 Indels Dwarf, and affected pod valve margin Lawrenson et al. (2015)
Brassica oleracea var. capitata BoPDS, BoSRK3, BoMS1 CRISPR/Cas9, multiple gene editing Indels Albino phenotype, male sterility, self-compatibility Ma et al. (2019a)
Brassica oleracea var. capitata BoMYB28 CRISPR/Cas9 Indels Reduced accumulation of methionine-derived glucosinolate Neequaye et al. (2021)
Brassica oleracea var. capitata BoCER1 CRISPR/Cas9 Indels Reduced wax content, and brilliant green leaf Cao et al. (2021)
Brassica oleracea var. capitata BoPDS, BoFRI CRISPR/Cas9, RNP Indels N.A Murovec et al. (2018)
Brassica oleracea var. capitata BoGI CRISPR/Cas9, RNP Indels N.A Park et al. (2019)
Brassica oleracea var. capitata BoPDS CRISPR/Cas9 Indels Albino phenotype Ma et al. (2019b)
Brassica oleracea var. capitata BoFAD2 CRISPR/Cas9, double haploid inducer-mediated multiple gene editing Indels N.A Li et al. (2021a)
Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra BoaCRTISO CRISPR/Cas9 Indels Yellow leaves and bolting stems Li et al. (2020a)
Brassica rapa BraPDS, BraFRI CRISPR/Cas9, RNP Indels N.A Murovec et al. (2018)
Brassica rapa BraFLCs CRISPR/Cas9, multiple gene editing Indels Early-flowering Jeong et al. (2019)
Brassica rapa BraHINS2 CRISPR/Cas9 Indels Etiolated and senesced at the cotyledon-seedling stage Su et al. (2021)
Brassica campestris Bra003491, Bra007665, Bra014410 CRISPR/Cas9, multiple gene editing Indels Methylation of pectin Xiong et al. (2019)
Brassica carinata BcFLA1 CRISPR/Cas9 Indels N.A Kirchner et al. (2017)
Brassica napus L BnALC CRISPR/Cas9 Indels Increased shatter resistance Braatz et al. (2017)
Brassica napus L BnMAX1 CRISPR/Cas9, multiple gene editing Indels Decreased plant height, increased branch and silique numbers Zheng et al. (2020)
Brassica napus L BnCLV3 CRISPR/Cas9 Indels Increased locule number of siliques Yang et al. (2018)
Brassica napus L BnFAD2 CRISPR/Cas9, double haploid inducer-mediated multiple gene editing Indels Increased oleic acid content

Okuzaki et al. (2018;

Huang et al. (2020)

Brassica napus L BnTT8 CRISPR/Cas9 Indels Yellow-seeded traits Zhai et al. (2020)
Brassica napus L BnTT2 CRISPR/Cas9 Indels Yellow-seeded traits Xie et al. (2020)
Brassica napus L BnWRKY70 CRISPR/Cas9 Indels Enhanced resistance to Sclerotinia Sun et al. (2018)
Brassica napus L BnGTR2 CRISPR/Cas9, multiple gene editing Indels Small seeds with high oil content and low glucosinolates content Tan et al. (2022)
Brassica napus L BnaA06.GTR2 CRISPR/Cas9 Indels Low seed glucosinolates content He et al. (2022)
Brassica napus L BnRGA, BnFUL, BnDA1, BnDA2 CRISPR/Cas9, multiple gene editing Indels

Longer stems

N.A

Yang et al. (2017)
Brassica napus L BnIND CRISPR/Cas9 Indels Enhanced pod shatter resistance Zhai et al. (2019)
Brassica napus L BnSPL3 CRISPR/Cas9, multiple gene editing Indels Developmental delay phenotype Li et al. (2018)
Brassica napus L BnSDG8 CRISPR/Cas9 Indels Early flowering Jiang et al. (2018)
Brassica napus L BnLMI1 CRISPR/Cas9 Indels Unlobed leaves Hu et al. (2018)
Brassica napus L BnJAG CRISPR/Cas9, multiple genome editing Indels Increased resistance to pod shattering Zaman et al. (2019)
Brassica napus L BnLPAT2, BnLPAT5 CRISPR/Cas9, multiple genome editing Indels Increased the size of oil bodies and decreased the oil content Zhang et al. (2019)
Brassica napus L BnTFL1 CRISPR/Cas9 Indels Early flowering phenotype and altered plant architecture Sriboon et al. (2020)
Brassica napus L BnA5.ZML1 CRISPR/Cas9 Indels Reduced self-compatibility Duan et al. (2020)
Brassica napus L BnYCO CRISPR/Cas9, multiple genome editing Indels Yellow cotyledon and chlorotic true leaves Liu et al. (2021)
Brassica napus L BnEOD3 CRISPR/Cas9, multiple genome editing Indels Increased seed weight per plant Khan et al. (2021)
Brassica napus L BnA9.WRKY47 CRISPR/Cas9 Indels Increased sensitivity to low boron Feng et al. (2020)
Brassica napus L BnZEP

CRISPR/Cas9,

multiple gene editing

Indels Orange-flowered rapeseed Liu et al. (2020)
Brassica napus L BnMS5 CRISPR/Cas9, multiple gene editing Indels Male sterility Xin et al. (2020)
Brassica napus L BnD14 CRISPR/Cas9, multiple gene editing Indels Prolific branching and dwarf Stanic et al. (2021)
Brassica napus L BnaA03.BP CRISPR/Cas9, multiple gene editing Indels Semi-dwarf and compact architecture Fan et al. (2021)
Brassica napus L BnS6-SMI2 CRISPR/Cas9 Indels Self-incompatibility Dou et al. (2021)
Brassica napus L BnaSVP CRISPR/Cas9, multiple gene editing Indels Early-flowering phenotype Ahmar et al. (2022)
Brassica napus L BnALS CBE C to T Herbicide-resistance Wu et al. (2020)
Brassica napus L

BnALS,

BnRGA, BnIAA7

CBE C to T

Herbicide- resistance,

semi-dwarf architecture

Cheng et al. (2021)
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

BoALS

BoCENH3

CBE C to T

Herbicide-resistance

N. A

Wang et al. (2022)
Brassica napus L BnFT, BnPDS ABE A to G N. A Kang et al. (2018)

Indels insertions and deletions, N.A. not available