Advanced genetic tools for plant biotechnology

Journal Article · Wed Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg3583· OSTI ID:1211228

Liu, WS; Yuan, JS; Stewart, CN

Basic research has provided a much better understanding of the genetic networks and regulatory hierarchies in plants. To meet the challenges of agriculture, we must be able to rapidly translate this knowledge into generating improved plants. Therefore, in this Review, we discuss advanced tools that are currently available for use in plant biotechnology to produce new products in plants and to generate plants with new functions. These tools include synthetic promoters, 'tunable' transcription factors, genome-editing tools and site-specific recombinases. We also review some tools with the potential to enable crop improvement, such as methods for the assembly and synthesis of large DNA molecules, plant transformation with linked multigenes and plant artificial chromosomes. These genetic technologies should be integrated to realize their potential for applications to pressing agricultural and environmental problems.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
• OSTI ID: 1211228
• Journal Information: NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS, Vol. 14, Issue 11; ISSN 1471-0056
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English