Original ResearchPublished 21 July 2026CRISPR/Cas9-based gene-editing platform development by targeting genes encoding magnesium chelatase and phytoene desaturase in sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.)Zainul A. Khan · Tinley Hathaway · Chenggen Chu · Rajeev Gupta · Melvin Bolton · Vanitharani RamachandranFrontiers in Genome Editingdoi 10.3389/fgeed.2026.1875376