Plant science decadal vision 2020–2030: Reimagining the potential of plants for a healthy and sustainable future
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- American Society of Plant Biologists Rockville MD USA
- University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst MA USA
- Washington State University Pullman WA USA
- Michigan State University East Lansing MI USA
- University of Wisconsin‐Madison Madison WI USA
- Arkansas State University State University Jonesboro AR USA
- University of Arizona Tucson AZ USA
- Beck's Hybrids Noblesville IN USA
- Texas A&,M University College Station TX USA
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Ithaca NY USA
- Cornell University Ithaca NY USA
- Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, and Department of Botany and Plant Pathology Oregon State University Corvallis Armenia
- NC State University Raleigh NC USA
- University of California Berkley CA USA
- Duke University Durham NC USA
- University of Missouri Columbia MO USA
- Corteva Agriscience Johnston IA USA
- Stetson University Deland FL USA
- Yale New Haven CT USA
- California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside CA USA
- Oklahoma State University (emerita) Corrales NM USA
- Oregon State University Corvallis OR USA
- Bayer Crop Science Ballwin MO USA
- Roger Williams University Bristol RI USA
- Washington University in St Louis St Louis MO USA
- American Farmland Trust St. Paul MN USA
- University of Leeds Leeds United Kingdom
- Boyce Thompson Institute, and Plant Biology Section Cornell University Ithaca NY USA
- The Pennsylvania State University University Park USA
- California Botanic Garden Claremont CA USA
- Harvard University Seattle WA USA
- University of Washington Seattle WA USA
- University of Florida Apopka FL USA
- Valent BioSciences LLC Libertyville IL USA
- University of California Irvine CA USA
- University of Kentucky Lexington KY USA
- University of California Los Angeles CA USA
Abstract Plants, and the biological systems around them, are key to the future health of the planet and its inhabitants. The Plant Science Decadal Vision 2020–2030 frames our ability to perform vital and far‐reaching research in plant systems sciences, essential to how we value participants and apply emerging technologies. We outline a comprehensive vision for addressing some of our most pressing global problems through discovery, practical applications, and education. The Decadal Vision was developed by the participants at the Plant Summit 2019, a community event organized by the Plant Science Research Network. The Decadal Vision describes a holistic vision for the next decade of plant science that blends recommendations for research, people, and technology. Going beyond discoveries and applications, we, the plant science community, must implement bold, innovative changes to research cultures and training paradigms in this era of automation, virtualization, and the looming shadow of climate change. Our vision and hopes for the next decade are encapsulated in the phrase reimagining the potential of plants for a healthy and sustainable future. The Decadal Vision recognizes the vital intersection of human and scientific elements and demands an integrated implementation of strategies for research (Goals 1–4), people (Goals 5 and 6), and technology (Goals 7 and 8). This report is intended to help inspire and guide the research community, scientific societies, federal funding agencies, private philanthropies, corporations, educators, entrepreneurs, and early career researchers over the next 10 years. The research encompass experimental and computational approaches to understanding and predicting ecosystem behavior; novel production systems for food, feed, and fiber with greater crop diversity, efficiency, productivity, and resilience that improve ecosystem health; approaches to realize the potential for advances in nutrition, discovery and engineering of plant‐based medicines, and "green infrastructure." Launching the Transparent Plant will use experimental and computational approaches to break down the phytobiome into a "parts store" that supports tinkering and supports query, prediction, and rapid‐response problem solving. Equity, diversity, and inclusion are indispensable cornerstones of realizing our vision. We make recommendations around funding and systems that support customized professional development. Plant systems are frequently taken for granted therefore we make recommendations to improve plant awareness and community science programs to increase understanding of scientific research. We prioritize emerging technologies, focusing on non‐invasive imaging, sensors, and plug‐and‐play portable lab technologies, coupled with enabling computational advances. Plant systems science will benefit from data management and future advances in automation, machine learning, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence‐assisted data integration, pattern identification, and decision making. Implementation of this vision will transform plant systems science and ripple outwards through society and across the globe. Beyond deepening our biological understanding, we envision entirely new applications. We further anticipate a wave of diversification of plant systems practitioners while stimulating community engagement, underpinning increasing entrepreneurship. This surge of engagement and knowledge will help satisfy and stoke people's natural curiosity about the future, and their desire to prepare for it, as they seek fuller information about food, health, climate and ecological systems.
- Research Organization:
- Boyce Thompson Institute of Plant Research, Ithaca, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 1514765; G14880
- OSTI ID:
- 1657259
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1786498; OSTI ID: 1903800
- Journal Information:
- Plant Direct, Journal Name: Plant Direct Vol. 4 Journal Issue: 8; ISSN 2475-4455
- Publisher:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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