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Genome editing of key domestication genes overcomes self-incompatibility and bitter taste in cultivated buckwheat

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum spp.) is a climate-resilient pseudocereal, yet its global adoption is constrained by the distylous self-incompatibility of common buckwheat (F. esculentum) and grain bitterness of Tartary buckwheat (F. tataricum). While the S-locus early flowering 3 (FeS-ELF3) gene has been identified as a key regulator of self-compatibility, a stable genetic transformation of F. esculentum has not yet been developed. In this study, we developed an Agrobacterium-mediated transformation...