title: Accelerating the Domestication of New Crops: Feasibility and Approaches.
abstract: The domestication of new crops would promote agricultural diversity and could provide a solution to many of the problems associated with intensive agriculture. We suggest here that genome editing can be used as a new tool by breeders to accelerate the domestication of semi-domesticated or even wild plants, building a more varied foundation for the sustainable provision of food and fodder in the future. We examine the feasibility of such plants from biological, social, ethical, economic, and legal perspectives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jeppe Thulin
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Østerberg
authors.affiliation: Center for Public Regulation and Administration, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Studiestræde 6, 1455 Copenhagen K, Denmark.
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Lene Irene
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Anna Kristina
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Edenbrandt
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Suzanne Elizabeth
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Vedel
authors.affiliation: Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication, University of Copenhagen, Karen Blixens Vej 4, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Christiansen
authors.affiliation: Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication, University of Copenhagen, Karen Blixens Vej 4, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark.
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Landes
authors.affiliation: Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication, University of Copenhagen, Karen Blixens Vej 4, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark.
authors.forename: Martin Marchman
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.affiliation: Center for Public Regulation and Administration, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Studiestræde 6, 1455 Copenhagen K, Denmark.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pagh
authors.affiliation: Department of Large Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sandøe
authors.affiliation: Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 Copenhagen Østerbro, Denmark.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 Copenhagen Østerbro, Denmark.
authors.forename: Søren Brøgger
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Bo Jellesmark
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Thorsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication, University of Copenhagen, Karen Blixens Vej 4, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark.
authors.forename: Klemens
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kappel
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gamborg
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. Electronic address: palmgren@plen.ku.dk.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palmgren
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods*; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D000071278:Domestication