What is the available evidence for the range of applications of genome-editing as a new tool for plant trait modification and the potential occurrence of associated off-target effects: a systematic map

Table 7 Genome-editing in plants to improve tolerance to abiotic stress (1996–May 2018)

Plant	Developer, producer, country	Trait	Specification	Technological specification	References
Maize	Ghent University, Belgium; Center for Plant Systems Biology, Belgium; Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenia	Drought tolerance	–	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[172]
Maize	DuPont Pioneer, USA	Drought tolerance	–	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN3	[24, 164]
Rice	Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China	Salt tolerance	–	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[20]
Rice	Huazhong Agricultural University, China	Arsenic tolerance	–	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[109]
Rice	Sun Yat-sen University, China	Arsenic tolerance	–	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[110]
Soybean	USDA-ARS, USA	Drought and salt tolerance	–	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[173]
Wheat	Montana State University, USA	Drought tolerance	–	CRISPR/Cas9 SDN1	[174]

CRISPR/Cas9 Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/CRISPR associated protein 9, SDN Site directed nucleases

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