Journal Pre-proof CRISPR/Cas9 to generate plant immunity against pathogen Madiha Zaynab, Yasir Sharif, Mahpara Fatima, Muhammad Zohaib Afzal, Mehtab Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Fahad Raza, Muhammad Anwar, Muhammad Ammar Raza, Nelam Sajjad, Xuewei Yang, Shuangfei Li PII: S0882-4010(19)30262-1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2020.103996 Reference: YMPAT 103996 To appear in: Microbial Pathogenesis Received Date: 12 February 2019 Revised Date: 21 January 2020 Accepted Date: 22 January 2020 Please cite this article as: Zaynab M, Sharif Y, Fatima M, Afzal MZ, Aslam MM, Raza MF, Anwar M, Raza MA, Sajjad N, Yang X, Li S, CRISPR/Cas9 to generate plant immunity against pathogen, Microbial Pathogenesis (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2020.103996. This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. © 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd.