Population growth, climate change, and dwindling finite resources are amongst the major challenges which are facing the planet. Requirements for food, materials, water, and energy will soon exceed capacity. Green biotechnology, fueled by recent plant synthetic biology breakthroughs, may offer solutions. This review summarizes current progress towards robust and predictable engineering of plants. I then discuss applications from the lab and field, with a focus on bioenergy, biomaterials, and medicine.
1.Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Biosci Area, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA 2.Joint BioEnergy Inst, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA
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Mortimer, Jenny C.. Plant synthetic biology could drive a revolution in biofuels and medicine[J]. EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE,2019-01-01,244(4):323-331