Zhihui Chen, Yu Chen, Gexing Wan, Hui Dong, Tian Pan, Wenkun Yang, Yiyang Zhou, Bingke Luo, Yun Zhu, Xiaohang Han, Lianji Lu, Xin Wang, Cailin Lei, Zhichao Zhao, Jie Wang, Yulong Ren, Jianmin Wan
Simultaneous editing of two major prolamin-encoding genes in rice using a single-guide RNA suppressed prolamin accumulation and reconfigured seed storage protein composition. This targeted modification markedly improved rice eating and cooking quality while maintaining the levels of total starch, total protein, and key agronomic traits.