Genetic Transformation and Gene Editing

The scope of this Working Group is plant genetic engineering, including gene editing. Genetic transformation or genome editing of any species will be considered. Strategies aimed at improving acceptance of GMOs will be welcomed. All types of new biotechnology-assisted breeding techniques will have space within the interests of this group. Therefore, production of cisgenic plants or plants with intragenic recombinations, plasmids designed to eliminate marker genes after transformation, transformation without antibiotic or herbicide selection, etc. will be of interest. Additionally, methods for introducing novel traits into scions via transmission from rootstocks are also of interest. Finally, advances in gene editing by using traditional methodologies such as Zinc finger nucleases or TALENs as well as novel CRISPR/Cas approaches will be of paramount interest in the group.