Beyond Risk Considerations: Where and How Can a Debate About Non-safety Related Issues of Genome Editing in Agriculture Take Place?

Bechtold, Sarah

doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.01724

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“…In addition, the topic of regulation and labelling is also rated more important by these organisations. Bechtold (2018) argues that a wise labelling strategy could open up the possibility of focusing the discussion on shared values (e.g. protection of the environment, human health) which could be achieved with the help of genome editing.…”

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“…Thus, a technology cannot be viewed in isolation but needs to be contextualised by considering the socio‐cultural settings surrounding the respective debate (Chavas & Nauges, 2020; Lassoued et al, 2018). In the case of genome editing, the initial framing of the GMO debate and the judgement of the ECJ set the stage for a risk‐focused discourse (Bechtold, 2018). This is also highlighted by the fact that the so‐called precautionary principle is frequently used within the public debate to question the safety of genome‐edited plants from the outset (Lassoued et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Further complexity is added as involved stakeholders have conflicting views on the future of agriculture, and contradictory‐scientific evidence might be used to support one or the other argument (Lassoued et al, 2019). Alongside scientific information, emotions, values and moral aspects play a decisive role within the public debate surrounding genome editing as well (Bechtold, 2018).…”

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Communicating about plant breeding and genome editing in plants: Assessment of European stakeholders, sources, channels and content

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Vangheluwe

Krause

et al. 2022

Food and Energy Security

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Genome editing helps to develop plant varieties that address future agricultural challenges such as climate change adaptation, resource efficiency and sustainable productivity. Nevertheless, associated aspects relating, besides others, to the regulation of genome editing, intellectual property rights and potential environmental and health aspects lead to fierce discussions within the European Union. In these discussions, values and moral aspects play a decisive role. To support and set the stage for an open-minded dialogue, the communication

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Krause

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Food and Energy Security

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“…On the other hand, in the European Union, genome edited crops are currently subject to regulations as genetically modified (GM) organisms (Callaway, 2018). Although safety issues regarding the application of CRISPR/Cas9 technology must be examined by scientific means and considering the associated practical and societal aspects (Bechtold, 2018), regulatory standpoint in favor of this promising technology will assist in its proper dissemination leading to better crop management.…”

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CRISPR/Cas9: A Novel Weapon in the Arsenal to Combat Plant Diseases

Das¹,

Sharma²,

Prasad³

2019

Front. Plant Sci.

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Plant pathogens like virus, bacteria, and fungi incur a huge loss of global productivity. Targeting the dominant R gene resulted in the evolution of resistance in pathogens, which shifted plant pathologists’ attention toward host susceptibility factors (or S genes). Herein, the application of sequence-specific nucleases (SSNs) for targeted genome editing are gaining more importance, which utilize the use of meganucleases (MN), zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs), transcription activator-like effector-based nucleases (TALEN) with the latest one namely clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9). The first generation of genome editing technologies, due to their cumbersome nature, is becoming obsolete. Owing to its simple and inexpensive nature the use of CRISPR/Cas9 system has revolutionized targeted genome editing technology. CRISPR/Cas9 system has been exploited for developing resistance against virus, bacteria, and fungi. For resistance to DNA viruses (mainly single-stranded DNA viruses), different parts of the viral genome have been targeted transiently and by the development of transgenic plants. For RNA viruses, mainly the host susceptibility factors and very recently the viral RNA genome itself have been targeted. Fungal and bacterial resistance has been achieved mainly by targeting the host susceptibility genes through the development of transgenics. In spite of these successes CRISPR/Cas9 system suffers from off-targeting. This and other problems associated with this system are being tackled by the continuous discovery/evolution of new variants. Finally, the regulatory standpoint regarding CRISPR/Cas9 will determine the fate of using this versatile tool in developing pathogen resistance in crop plants.

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Latest biotechnology tools and targets for improving abiotic stress tolerance in protein legumes

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Bhowmik

Leborgne-Castel

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Environmental and Experimental Botany

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Beyond Risk Considerations: Where and How Can a Debate About Non-safety Related Issues of Genome Editing in Agriculture Take Place?

Cited by 7 publications

References 21 publications

Communicating about plant breeding and genome editing in plants: Assessment of European stakeholders, sources, channels and content

Communicating about plant breeding and genome editing in plants: Assessment of European stakeholders, sources, channels and content

CRISPR/Cas9: A Novel Weapon in the Arsenal to Combat Plant Diseases

Latest biotechnology tools and targets for improving abiotic stress tolerance in protein legumes

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