Simultaneous gene editing and haploid induction

A method of editing rice plant genomic DNA, comprising:

• (a) obtaining a first rice plant, wherein the first rice plant comprises a loss-of function mutation in a wildtype patatin-like phospholipase A2α gene encoding a polypeptide having at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO:
• 118;
• and the loss-of function mutation is a frameshift mutation or insertion or deletion mutation that prevents expression of an active protein product from the wildtype patatin-like phospholipase A2a gene, and wherein said first rice plant expresses a DNA modification enzyme and optionally at least one guide nucleic acid that targets the genome of a second rice plant at a site to be edited, wherein the DNA modification enzyme is a base editor;
• (b) pollinating a second rice plant with pollen from the first rice plant;
• and
• (c) selecting at least one haploid progeny produced by the pollination of step (b) wherein the haploid progeny comprises the genome of the second rice plant but not the first rice plant, and the genome of the haploid progeny has been modified by the DNA modification enzyme and optional at least one guide nucleic acid delivered by the first rice plant.