Agricultural applications of CRISPR CAS 9 Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
Q
How can CRISPR CAS 9 potentially change crops?
A
Production enhancement
Plant organelles
Disease resistance
Physical tolerance
Calvin cycle
2
Q
How can CRISPR CAS 9 potentially change production enhancement of crops?
A
- Bioactive compounds
- Longer shelf life
- Improve nutritional value
3
Q
How can CRISPR CAS 9 potentially change plant organelles of crops?
A
- Increase chloroplast efficiency
- Adjust stomata to improve CO2 uptake
- Improve light capture in chloroplasts
4
Q
How can CRISPR CAS 9 potentially change disease resistance of crops?
A
- Immunity against viruses
- Immunity against bacteria
5
Q
How can CRISPR CAS 9 potentially change physical tolerance of crops?
A
- Frost tolerance
- Heat stress tolerance
- Drought tolerance
6
Q
How can CRISPR CAS 9 potentially change the calvin cycle in plant crops?
A
- Modify activity of other Calvin cycle enzymes
- Modify rubsicos activity
- Change C3 plants to C4 or CAM
- Introduce alternative routes to photorespiration
7
Q
How can CRISPR CAS 9 potentially change chemical resistance of crops?
A
- Greater herbicide resistance
- Greater pesticide resistance
8
Q
What research must be done to ensure a crop is viable for CRISPR?
A
- Understanding the entire photosynthetic process of the target crop species, in order to gain a solid understanding of the genome of the target crop and how specific genes contribute to photosynthesis and growth. This also includes understanding the regulation of the photorespiration pathway.
- Utilising high-level computers to model the photosynthetic pathway and identify inefficiencies.
- Using CRISPR-Cas9 technologies to target and edit the genes responsible for the identified inefficiencies.
