Revolutionizing agriculture with synthetic biology

Eleanore T Wurtzel; Claudia E Vickers; Andrew D Hanson; A Harvey Millar; Mark Cooper; Kai P Voss-Fels; Pablo I Nikel; Tobias J Erb

doi:10.1038/s41477-019-0539-0

Revolutionizing agriculture with synthetic biology

Eleanore T Wurtzel
, Claudia E Vickers
, Andrew D Hanson
, A Harvey Millar
, Mark Cooper
, Kai P Voss-Fels
, Pablo I Nikel
, Tobias J Erb

ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology

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Abstract

Synthetic biology is here to stay and will transform agriculture if given the chance. The huge challenges facing food, fuel and chemical production make it vital to give synthetic biology that chance-notwithstanding the shifts in mindset, training and infrastructure investment this demands. Here, we assess opportunities for agricultural synthetic biology and ways to remove barriers to their realization.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1207-1210
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature Plants
Volume	5
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0539-0
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2019

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