Plant BiologybioRxivPreprint
First report of genetic transformation and CRISPR/Cas12a-mediated gene editing of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) employing a transient protoplast system
Virginia Zahn, Alice-Jeannine Sievers, Birgit Kersten…·Tobias Brügmann
This paper establishes a transient protoplast system for genetic transformation and CRISPR/Cas12a-mediated gene editing in European beech, achieving editing efficiencies in the PHYTOENE DESATURASE gene.
DOI 10.64898/2026.02.06.703565