CRISPR Creates 'Invisible' Male Plants to Boost Crop Yields

CRISPR Creates 'Invisible' Male Plants to Boost Crop Yields

In a new development, researchers have successfully created an efficient two-line system for hybrid seed production in Brassica napus (rapeseed) using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing combined with the RUBY visual reporter. By targeting the BnaMS1 and BnaMS2 genes, they directly generated male-sterile lines from elite breeding materials, overcoming the traditional hurdles of propagation and sorting.