CRISPR Technology for Combating Plant Pests and Pathogens
- 1st Edition - September 17, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editor: Jen-Tsung Chen
- Language: English
CRISPR Technology for Combating Plant Pests and Pathogens improves the understanding of CRISPR-mediated crop protection, presenting innovative strategies for developing di… Read more
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Description
Description
CRISPR Technology for Combating Plant Pests and Pathogens improves the understanding of CRISPR-mediated crop protection, presenting innovative strategies for developing disease-resistant crops that can withstand a variety of biotic stresses.
In agricultural food production, a range of stressors continues to challenge crop production globally. Fortunately, modern crop breeding approaches have developed rapidly, including the promising technology of plant genome editing. Leading to improvements in disease resilience or stress-tolerant crops, CRISPR/Cas9 is among the mainstream genome editing technologies for plant breeding precision and efficiency.
CRISPR Technology for Combating Plant Pests and Pathogens offers in-depth summaries curated by leading experts and professors in the field of agricultural biotechnology, providing the essential knowledge needed to advance research and applications in crop resilience.
In agricultural food production, a range of stressors continues to challenge crop production globally. Fortunately, modern crop breeding approaches have developed rapidly, including the promising technology of plant genome editing. Leading to improvements in disease resilience or stress-tolerant crops, CRISPR/Cas9 is among the mainstream genome editing technologies for plant breeding precision and efficiency.
CRISPR Technology for Combating Plant Pests and Pathogens offers in-depth summaries curated by leading experts and professors in the field of agricultural biotechnology, providing the essential knowledge needed to advance research and applications in crop resilience.
Key features
Key features
- Provides CRISPR-based methods for advancing plant pest and pathogen management
- Includes ways to improve efficiency and reduce off-target effects of CRISPR technology
- Discusses ethical and societal issues for CRISPR technology
Readership
Readership
Researchers and academics in plant pathology, plant protection, agricultural biotechnology, plant biotechnology, plant genome editing, plant sciences, plant physiology, and crop breeding.
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. CRISPR/Cas systems for advancing plant disease and pest management: Advances and prospects
2. CRISPR/Cas techniques for developing biotic stress-tolerant plants: Advances, limitations, and future perspectives
3. CRISPR-edited plants for pest resistance: Methods and applications
4. CRISPR-edited plants for resistance to insect herbivores: Methods and applications
5. CRISPR-edited plants for resistance to fungal diseases: Methods and applications
6. CRISPR-edited plants for resistance to bacterial diseases: Methods and applications
7. CRISPR-edited plants for resistance to viral diseases: Methods and applications
8. CRISPR-edited plants for herbicide resistance: Methods and applications
9. CRISPR to enhance biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE): Methods and applications
10. CRISPR-edited plants for enhanced secondary metabolism: Methods and applications
11. CRISPR-edited plants for disease resistance in horticultural crops: Methods and applications
12. Emerging plant CRISPR technologies for improved efficiency and reduced off-targets effects
13. Ethical, societal issues, and future challenges of plant CRISPR technologies
2. CRISPR/Cas techniques for developing biotic stress-tolerant plants: Advances, limitations, and future perspectives
3. CRISPR-edited plants for pest resistance: Methods and applications
4. CRISPR-edited plants for resistance to insect herbivores: Methods and applications
5. CRISPR-edited plants for resistance to fungal diseases: Methods and applications
6. CRISPR-edited plants for resistance to bacterial diseases: Methods and applications
7. CRISPR-edited plants for resistance to viral diseases: Methods and applications
8. CRISPR-edited plants for herbicide resistance: Methods and applications
9. CRISPR to enhance biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE): Methods and applications
10. CRISPR-edited plants for enhanced secondary metabolism: Methods and applications
11. CRISPR-edited plants for disease resistance in horticultural crops: Methods and applications
12. Emerging plant CRISPR technologies for improved efficiency and reduced off-targets effects
13. Ethical, societal issues, and future challenges of plant CRISPR technologies
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: September 26, 2025
- Language: English
About the editor
About the editor
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Jen-Tsung Chen
Jen-Tsung Chen is a Professor of Cell Biology at the National University of Kaohsiung in Taiwan, where he teaches cell biology, genomics, proteomics, plant physiology, and plant biotechnology. His research spans bioactive compounds, chromatography techniques, plant molecular biology, bioinformatics, systems pharmacology, and broader themes in biotechnological plant disease management, plant biotic stress responses, nanotechnology for combating pests and pathogens, ethnopharmacology, and systems biology. An active scholar, Dr. Chen serves on the editorial boards of several international journals and has guest‑edited numerous special issues. He has also authored and edited books with major international publishers on topics including drug discovery, herbal medicine, medicinal biotechnology, nanotechnology, bioengineering, plant functional genomics, plant speed breeding, CRISPR‑based genome editing, and artificial intelligence. Recognized for his scientific impact and editorial leadership, Dr. Chen was listed among Elsevier and Stanford University’s “World’s Top 2% Scientists” in 2023 and 2024 and received the Springer Nature Editor of Distinction Award in 2025.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Life Sciences, National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, Nanzih District, TaiwanView book on ScienceDirect
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