2023年5月30日，山东大学王官锋团队在Plant Biotechnology Journal在线发表了题为“Genome editing of the susceptibility gene ZmNANMT confers multiple disease resistance without agronomic penalty in maize”的研究论文。本研究发现玉米中一个新的感病基因ZmNANMT，通过基因编辑ZmNANMT提高了玉米对多种病害的广谱抗性，并且不影响玉米的重要农艺性状。
http://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14078
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