As population growth and the need for food increases dramatically, there is a need to provide better conditions for growing crops. Herbicides have helped us a lot in the past, as weeds are one of the main causes of yield decline. However, the overuse of herbicides and the lengthy process of traditional breeding methods for herbicide-resistant crops has led to the emergence of herbicide resistance in weeds, forcing us to explore new possibilities and methods for the production of herbicide-resistant crops. In this thesis, I have undertaken a historical overview and the current status of herbicide-tolerant crops and agricultural plants, with a focus on the challenges posed by herbicide-resistant weeds that threaten global food security. I have also reviewed and described the current methods of producing herbicide-tolerant agricultural plants, such as classical breeding methods and genome rearrangement techniques. I have focused on different approaches to the use of the CRISPR/Cas9 system, which has great potential for precise DNA modifications to create plants with increased herbicide resistance. Genome rearrangement offers promising solutions for sustainable agriculture by allowing the development of crops tolerant to herbicide treatments.
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