Harmonising genes for modern agriculture

协调现代农业的基因。该项目旨在充分了解植物如何区分自我基因和非自我基因，并开发出与基因组协调一致的精确增强、修复、更新和/或重定向遗传性状的方法。世界粮食安全依赖于不断更新遗传性状的现代作物，以提高产量并抵御不断变化的环境压力。作物的基因决定了它的生长、发育、生存和农艺适应性。精确编辑作物基因的能力近在咫尺，但仍需克服重大障碍。预期的结果是更安全、更高产量和更可持续的作物。

Harmonising genes for modern agriculture. This project aims to fully understand how a plant distinguishes self from non-self genes and to develop ways of precisely enhancing, repairing, updating, and/or redirecting genetic traits in harmony with the genome. The world’s food security relies on modern crops that are continually updated with genetic traits for higher yield and protection against changing environmental stresses. A crop plant’s genes determine its growth, development, survival and agronomic fitness. The ability to precisely edit genes in crop plants is tantalizingly close but significant barriers must be overcome. Anticipated outcomes are safer, higher yielding and more sustainable crops.