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Researchers from the University of California, Davis, and an international team of scientists used the genome-editing tool CRISPR-Cas to create disease resistant rice plants, according to a new study published in the journal Nature June 14.Small-scale field trials in China showed that the newly created rice variety, developed through genome editing of a newly discovered gene, exhibited both high yields and resistance to the fungus that causes a serious disease called rice blast. Rice is an essential crop that feeds half of the world’s population.Guotian Li, a co-lead author of the study, initially discovered a mutant known as a lesion mimic mutant while working as a postdoctoral scholar in Pamela Ronald’s lab at UC Davis. Ronald is co-lead author and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center.“It’s quite a step forward that his team was able to improve this gene, making it potentially useful for farmers. That makes it important,” Rona

United statesPamela ronaldJyoti singhGuotian liDepartment of plant pathologyGenome centerUniversity of californiaHuazhong agricultural universityNature juneDistinguished professorPlant pathology