High-stress resistance and yield are major goals in crop cultivation, which can be addressed by modifying plant architecture. Significant progress has been made in recent years to understand how plant architecture is controlled under various growth conditions, recognizing the central role phytohormones play in response to environmental stresses. miRNAs, transcription factors, and other associated proteins regulate plant architecture, mainly via the modulation of hormone homeostasis and signaling. To generate crop plants of ideal architecture, we propose simultaneous editing of multiple genes involved in the regulatory networks associated with plant architecture as a feasible strategy. This strategy can help to address the need to increase grain yield and/or stress resistance under the pressures of the ever-increasing world population and climate change.

高抗逆性和高产量是作物种植的主要目标，可以通过修改植物结构来解决。近年来，在认识到植物激素在应对环境胁迫中所起的核心作用方面，了解如何在各种生长条件下控制植物结构方面取得了重大进展。miRNA，转录因子和其他相关蛋白主要通过激素稳态和信号传导调节植物结构。为了生成具有理想结构的农作物，我们建议同时编辑与植物结构相关的调控网络中涉及的多个基因，这是一种可行的策略。