Herein are protocols for collecting and microinjecting precellular corn planthopper embryos for the purpose of modifying their genome via CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing or for the addition of marked transposable elements through germline transformation.
Klobasa, W., Chu, F., Huot, O., Grubbs, N., Rotenberg, D., Whitfield, A. E., Lorenzen, M. D. Microinjection of Corn Planthopper, Peregrinus maidis, Embryos for CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing. J. Vis. Exp. (169), e62417, doi:10.3791/62417 (2021).