# Engineering source-sink relations by prime editing confers heat-stress resilience in tomato and rice

*PRI Rank #1 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #1 |
| 18m citations | 122 |
| Journal | Cell |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.cell.2024.11.005 |
| Corresponding authors | Xu Cao |
| Institution | Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/plant-stress-responses-and-tolerance/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1016/j.cell.2024.11.005](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.11.005)

## Topics

prime editing · source-sink relations · heat stress resilience · Solanum lycopersicum · rice · crop engineering · thermotolerance · photosynthate partitioning · stress adaptation · genome editing · agricultural biotechnology

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