In the digital revolution dynamic active engagement of society is significant, thus
budding do-it-yourself biology (DIYBio) movement is an encouraging paradigm to
win society’s confidence. However, the legislation will have to step in to ensure that
new capacities that can be delivered by SynBio technologies are being accessed
securely and judiciously. So, while walking the strenuous road of SynBio, patience,
and a collaborative spirit of researchers, entrepreneurs, social scientists, ethicists and
society as a whole can assure the beneficial adoption of this technology for sustainable agriculture.
References
Abbott DA, Zelle RM, Pronk JT, van Maris AJA (2009) Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces
cerevisiae for production of carboxylic acids: current status and challenges. FEMS Yeast Res 9
(8):1123–1136
Alexandratos N, Bruinsma J (2012) World agriculture towards 2030/2050. The 2012 revision.
Agricultural development economics division, ESA working paper number 12-03, Food and
Agriculture, Organization of the United Nations. http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/ap106e/
ap106e.pdf
Allen RS, Tilbrook K, Warden AC, Campbell PC, Rolland V, Singh SP, Wood CC (2017)
Expression of 16 nitrogenase proteins within the plant mitochondrial matrix. Front Plant Sci
8:287
Almario J, Jeena G, Wunder J, Langen G, Zuccaro A, Coupland G, Bucher M (2017) A. alpina root
fungal microbiota. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 114(44):E9403–E9412
Ambati RR, Moi PS, Ravi S, Aswathanarayana RG (2014) Astaxanthin: sources, extraction,
stability, biological activities and its commercial applications—a review. Mar Drugs
12:128–152
Amthor JS, Bar-Even A, Hanson AD, Millar AH, Stitt M, Sweetlove LJ, Tyerman SD (2019)
Engineering strategies to boost crop productivity by cutting respiratory carbon loss. Plant Cell
31(2):297–314
Anterola A, Shanle E, Perroud P-F, Quatrano R (2009) Production of taxa-4(5),11(12)-diene by
transgenic Physcomitrella patens. Transgenic Res 18:655–660
Antunes MS, Morey KJ, Smith JJ, Albrecht KD, Bowen TA, Zdunek JK, Troupe JF, Cuneo MJ,
Webb CT, Hellinga HW, Medford JI (2011) Programmable ligand detection system in plants
through a synthetic signal transduction pathway. PLoS One 6(1):e16292
Aracic S, Manna S, Petrovski S, Wiltshire JL, Mann G, Franks AE (2015) Innovative biological
approaches for monitoring and improving water quality. Front Microbiol 6:826
Arendt P, Pollier J, Callewaert N, Goossens A (2016) Synthetic biology for production of natural
and new-to-nature terpenoids in photosynthetic organisms. Plant J 87(1):16–37
Arkin A (2017) A synthetic biology architecture to detoxify and enrich Mars soil for agriculture.
University of California, Berkeley
Awan AR, Shaw WM, Ellis T (2016) Biosynthesis of therapeutic natural products using synthetic
biology. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 105:96–106
Aysha J, Noman M, Wang F et al (2018) Synthetic promoters: designing the cis regulatory modules
for controlled gene expression. Mol Biotechnol 60(8):608–620
Aznar A, Chalvin C, Shih PM, Maimann M, Ebert B, Birdseye DS, Loque D, Scheller HV (2018)
Gene stacking of multiple traits for high yield of fermentable sugars in plant biomass.
Biotechnol Biofuels 11:2
Baird RD, Tan DSP, Kaye SB (2010) Weekly paclitaxel in the treatment of recurrent ovarian
cancer. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 7:575–582
474
P. Singla
budding do-it-yourself biology (DIYBio) movement is an encouraging paradigm to
win society’s confidence. However, the legislation will have to step in to ensure that
new capacities that can be delivered by SynBio technologies are being accessed
securely and judiciously. So, while walking the strenuous road of SynBio, patience,
and a collaborative spirit of researchers, entrepreneurs, social scientists, ethicists and
society as a whole can assure the beneficial adoption of this technology for sustainable agriculture.
References
Abbott DA, Zelle RM, Pronk JT, van Maris AJA (2009) Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces
cerevisiae for production of carboxylic acids: current status and challenges. FEMS Yeast Res 9
(8):1123–1136
Alexandratos N, Bruinsma J (2012) World agriculture towards 2030/2050. The 2012 revision.
Agricultural development economics division, ESA working paper number 12-03, Food and
Agriculture, Organization of the United Nations. http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/ap106e/
ap106e.pdf
Allen RS, Tilbrook K, Warden AC, Campbell PC, Rolland V, Singh SP, Wood CC (2017)
Expression of 16 nitrogenase proteins within the plant mitochondrial matrix. Front Plant Sci
8:287
Almario J, Jeena G, Wunder J, Langen G, Zuccaro A, Coupland G, Bucher M (2017) A. alpina root
fungal microbiota. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 114(44):E9403–E9412
Ambati RR, Moi PS, Ravi S, Aswathanarayana RG (2014) Astaxanthin: sources, extraction,
stability, biological activities and its commercial applications—a review. Mar Drugs
12:128–152
Amthor JS, Bar-Even A, Hanson AD, Millar AH, Stitt M, Sweetlove LJ, Tyerman SD (2019)
Engineering strategies to boost crop productivity by cutting respiratory carbon loss. Plant Cell
31(2):297–314
Anterola A, Shanle E, Perroud P-F, Quatrano R (2009) Production of taxa-4(5),11(12)-diene by
transgenic Physcomitrella patens. Transgenic Res 18:655–660
Antunes MS, Morey KJ, Smith JJ, Albrecht KD, Bowen TA, Zdunek JK, Troupe JF, Cuneo MJ,
Webb CT, Hellinga HW, Medford JI (2011) Programmable ligand detection system in plants
through a synthetic signal transduction pathway. PLoS One 6(1):e16292
Aracic S, Manna S, Petrovski S, Wiltshire JL, Mann G, Franks AE (2015) Innovative biological
approaches for monitoring and improving water quality. Front Microbiol 6:826
Arendt P, Pollier J, Callewaert N, Goossens A (2016) Synthetic biology for production of natural
and new-to-nature terpenoids in photosynthetic organisms. Plant J 87(1):16–37
Arkin A (2017) A synthetic biology architecture to detoxify and enrich Mars soil for agriculture.
University of California, Berkeley
Awan AR, Shaw WM, Ellis T (2016) Biosynthesis of therapeutic natural products using synthetic
biology. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 105:96–106
Aysha J, Noman M, Wang F et al (2018) Synthetic promoters: designing the cis regulatory modules
for controlled gene expression. Mol Biotechnol 60(8):608–620
Aznar A, Chalvin C, Shih PM, Maimann M, Ebert B, Birdseye DS, Loque D, Scheller HV (2018)
Gene stacking of multiple traits for high yield of fermentable sugars in plant biomass.
Biotechnol Biofuels 11:2
Baird RD, Tan DSP, Kaye SB (2010) Weekly paclitaxel in the treatment of recurrent ovarian
cancer. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 7:575–582
474
P. Singla