Synthetic Biology of Plants and Microbes for Agriculture, Environment, and Future Applications
Intelligent Synthetic Biology Center · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
Agriculture is under pressure to provide food for a growing population and the feedstock required to drive the bioeconomy. Methods to breed and genetically modify plants are inadequate to keep pace. When engineering crops, traits are painstakingly introduced into plants one-at-a-time, combine unpredictably, and are continuously expressed. Synthetic biology is changing these paradigms with new genome construction tools, computer aided design (CAD), and artificial intelligence (AI). "Smart plants" contain circuits that respond to environmental change, alter morphology, or respond to threats. Further, the plant and associated microbes (fungi, bacteria, archaea) are now being viewed by genetic engineers as a…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 75.80
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 3,225
Authors
8- PRPhillip R. Clauer
Intelligent Synthetic Biology Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- ANAngelina Nou
Intelligent Synthetic Biology Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- TTTyler Toth
Intelligent Synthetic Biology Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- QYQiguo Yu
Intelligent Synthetic Biology Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- YCYonatan Chemla
Intelligent Synthetic Biology Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Topics & keywords
- Synthetic biology
- Genome
- Agriculture
- Metabolic engineering
- Population
- Genome engineering
- Tree of life (biology)
- Plant biology