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Gene-edited rice

The staple food of more than half the world, edited for yield, disease resistance, drought tolerance and reduced arsenic uptake.

Phase II

Clinical research Being tested in people in registered clinical trials. Being in trials is not evidence that a treatment works or is safe.

सरल व्याख्या

More than half the world eats rice as a staple, so small improvements matter enormously. Editing work targets yield, resistance to bacterial blight, tolerance of drought and salt as growing conditions change, and — importantly for public health in some regions — reduced uptake of arsenic from soil.

और गहराई से जानें

Rice is a model cereal and a staple for over half the global population. Editing programmes target yield components, bacterial blight resistance via SWEET promoter modification, abiotic stress tolerance, and reduced arsenic accumulation. China has issued biosafety certificates for edited rice varieties; several national frameworks treat non-transgenic edited rice as conventional.

Sources

Nature Plants
Genome editing in rice ↗

Written by The CRISPR Atlas editorial team Last updated Aug 25, 2026

मुख्य तथ्य

Why it matters	A staple food for more than half the world's population
Targets	Yield, bacterial blight resistance, drought and salt tolerance, reduced arsenic uptake
Status	Field trials and early approvals, particularly in China

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The CRISPR Atlas. “Gene-edited rice.” Updated Aug 25, 2026. https://crisprdecoded.com/agriculture/gene-edited-rice

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