From Gene to Green: CRISPR-Cas9 Shaping the Future of Vegetables

Rishabh Kumar, Tannu Sri and Deepu Kumar

Abstract

Modern farming faces many major challenges, it needs to grow enough healthy food for a population that is growing quickly while also dealing with climate change, pests, diseases and limited resources traditional breeding methods in vegetables take a long time and are slow. Scientists are using more advanced technologies, like CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing, to make vegetable crops better in order to get around these problems. CRISPR/Cas9 is a powerful tool for editing genomes that lets you make exact changes to the DNA of living organisms and increase yield, enhance nutritional quality and increase shelf-life in crops. This technology can assist in developing the crops which are more resilient to pests, diseases and climate variability, while being more productive and nutritious. Many varieties of genome-edited vegetables are already preparing for market, demonstrating the practical applications of this technology.