Ethical and legal implications of gene editing in plant breeding: a systematic literature review; [基因编辑在植物育种中的道德和法律影响: 一项系统性文献综述]

• Published in: Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B
• Main Author: Idris S.H.; Mat Jalaluddin N.S.; Chang L.W.
• Format: Review
• Language: English
• Published: Zhejiang University 2023
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85164477249&doi=10.1631%2fjzus.B2200601&partnerID=40&md5=a6e063d89465ded4fc953dc01f59fd34

Biotechnology policies and regulations must be revised and updated to reflect the most recent advances in plant-breeding technology. New Plant Breeding Techniques (NPBT) such as gene editing have been applied to address the myriad of challenges in plant breeding, while the use of NPBT as emerging biotechnological tools raises legal and ethical concerns. This study aims to highlight how gene editing is operationalized in the existing literature and examine the critical issues of ethical and legal issues of gene editing for plant breeding. We carried out a systematic literature review (SLR) to provide the current states of ethical and legal discourses surrounding this topic. We also identified critical research priority areas and policy gaps that must be addressed when designing the future governance of gene editing in plant breeding. © 2023, Zhejiang University Press.