Crop genetic engineering in sustainable agriculture
- Submission status
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- Submission deadline
Climate change and an accelerated population growth impose a major threat to crop production around the world. In order to ensure food availability and minimise the environmental impact associated with agriculture, it is imperative to increase production, while simultaneously reducing the use of pesticides and fertilisers, as well as water consumption. In addition, in order to preserve ecosystems and biodiversity, these goals should be achieved without expanding the area of farmed land, which already exceeds 35% of the global land area. Crop genetic engineering allows for the generation of new plant varieties within a significantly shorter time frame than traditional breeding. Studies have shown that it can be used for the targeted manipulation of specific features, whether directly associated with increased production, or through the generation of plants more resistant to pests and highly variable climate conditions, thus making it an attractive strategy to ensure food security for future generations.
This Collection invites original research on plant genetic engineering as a tool towards a more sustainable agriculture, from the generation of new plant varieties, to more complex field trials.
This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 1, SDG 2, SDG 6, SDG 10, SDG 12, SDG 13, SDG 15.
Editors
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Abdelhafid Bendahmane
University of Paris-Saclay, France
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Yinghua Huang
Oklahoma State University, USA
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Prasanta Kumar Subudhi
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, USA
Abdelhafid Bendahmane is an INRAE Research Director at Ins
titute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay. His research focuses on plant translational biology, with a focus on sex determination, flower development and fruit set. Dr Bendahmane has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2019.
Yinghua Huang is a Research Geneticist for U.S. 
Department of Agriculture and serves as the Lead Scientist for the Plant Genetics Program. Before 2002, he served as faculty member for Oklahoma State University for ten years and remains an Adj. Professor at the University. His scientific background is in plant genetics and molecular biology, and he has considerable research experience in plant biotechnology, genomics, and crop improvement. Prof Huang has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2018.
Prasanta Subudhi is a Professor in the School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences at the 
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center. His primary research interest is in the area of application of classical and molecular breeding for crop improvement. He has extensive research experience on genomics of abiotic stress tolerance and domestication traits in rice. Prof Subudhi has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2023.
