OpenPlant

peter.suber's bookmarks 2017-02-18

Summary:

"OpenPlant is a joint initiative between the University of Cambridge, John Innes Centre and the Earlham Institute, funded by the BBSRC and EPSRC as part of the UK Synthetic Biology for Growth programme. 

Synthetic Biology offers the prospect of reprogrammed biological systems for improved and sustainable bioproduction. While early efforts in the field have been directed at microbes, the engineering of plant systems offers even greater potential benefits. Plants are already cultivated globally at low cost, harvested on the giga-tonne scale, and routinely used to produce the widest range of biostuffs, from fibres, wood, oils, sugar, fine chemicals, drugs to food.

There is urgent need to improve our ability to reprogram crop metabolism and plant architecture in the face of global threats from new pathogens, climate change, soil degradation, restricted land use, salinity and drought. The next generation of DNA  tools for "smart" breeding of crop systems should be shared - to promote global innovation and equitable access to sustainable bioeconomies...."

Link:

https://www.openplant.org/

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Tags:

oa.agriculture oa.patents oa.development oa.biology oa.south oa.uk oa.botany

Date tagged:

02/18/2017, 12:01

Date published:

02/18/2017, 08:48