Optimization of gene editing in cowpea through protoplast transformation and agroinfiltration by targeting the phytoene desaturase gene

• Aya Bridgeland ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aya Bridgeland, Sudip Biswas

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4106-5567

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• Sudip Biswas ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aya Bridgeland, Sudip Biswas

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8062-2149

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• Nikolaos Tsakirpaloglou,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

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• Michael J. Thomson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

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• Endang M. Septiningsih

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: eseptiningsih@tamu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9481-304X

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