The large French research project GENIUS (2012-2019, https://www6.inra.genius-project_eng/ ) provides a good showcase of current genome editing techniques applied to crop plants. It addresses a large variety of agricultural species (rice, wheat, maize, tomato, potato, oilseed rape, poplar, apple and rose) together with some models (Arabidopsis, Brachypodium, Physcomitrella). Using targeted mutagenesis as its work horse, the project is limited to proof of concept under confined conditions. It mainly covers traits linked to crop culture, such as disease resistance to viruses and fungi, flowering time, plant architecture, tolerance to salinity and plant reproduction but also addresses traits improving the quality of agricultural products for industrial purposes. Examples include virus resistant tomato, early flowering apple and low-amylose starch potato. The wide range of traits illustrates the potential of genome editing towards a more sustainable agriculture through the reduction of pesticides and to the emergence of innovative bio-economy sectors based on custom tailored quality traits.

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用于食品，饲料和其他用途的具有改良的文化和品质特性的作物。

法国大型研究项目GENIUS（2012-2019，https：//www6.inra.genius-project_eng/）很好地展示了当前应用于农作物的基因组编辑技术。它解决了多种农业物种（大米，小麦，玉米，番茄，马铃薯，油菜，杨树，苹果和玫瑰）以及一些模型（拟南芥，短毛癣菌，Physcomitrella）。使用定向诱变作为工作动力，该项目仅限于在有限条件下进行概念验证。它主要涵盖与作物栽培有关的特征，例如对病毒和真菌的抗病性，开花时间，植物结构，对盐分的耐受性和植物繁殖，但还涉及提高工业目的农产品质量的特征。例如抗病毒番茄，早开花的苹果和低直链淀粉马铃薯。广泛的特征表明，通过减少杀虫剂以及基于量身定制的质量特征，创新的生物经济部门的出现，基因组编辑对实现更可持续农业的潜力。