Journal Article

FZJ-2023-03327

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png From genes to policy: mission-oriented governance of plant-breeding research and technologies

Gerullis, M. (Corresponding author) ; Pieruschka, R.FZJ* ; Fahrner, S.FZJ* ; Hartl, L. ; Schurr, U.FZJ* ; Heckelei, T.

2023
Frontiers Media Lausanne

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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1235175  doi:10.34734/FZJ-2023-03327

Abstract: Mission-oriented governance of research focuses on inspirational, yet attainable goals and targets the sustainable development goals through innovation pathways. We disentangle its implications for plant breeding research and thus impacting the sustainability transformation of agricultural systems, as it requires improved crop varieties and management practices. Speedy success in plant breeding is vital to lower the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, increase crop resilience to climate stresses and reduce postharvest losses. A key question is how this success may come about? So far plant breeding research has ignored wider social systems feedbacks, but governance also failed to deliver a set of systemic breeding goals providing directionality and organization to research policy of the same. To address these challenges, we propose a heuristic illustrating the core elements needed for governing plant breeding research: Genetics, Environment, Management and Social system (GxExMxS) are the core elements for defining directions for future breeding. We illustrate this based on historic cases in context of current developments in plant phenotyping technologies and derive implications for governing research infrastructures and breeding programs. As part of mission-oriented governance we deem long-term investments into human resources and experimental set-ups for agricultural systems necessary to ensure a symbiotic relationship for private and public breeding actors and recommend fostering collaboration between social and natural sciences for working towards transdisciplinary collaboration.

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Pflanzenwissenschaften (IBG-2)

Research Program(s):

1. 2171 - Biological and environmental resources for sustainable use (POF4-217) (POF4-217)
2. DFG project 390732324 - EXC 2070: PhenoRob - Robotik und Phänotypisierung für Nachhaltige Nutzpflanzenproduktion (390732324) (390732324)
3. EMPHASIS-GO - Bringing EMPHASIS to operation: European Infrastructure for multi-scale Plant Phenomics and Simulation for food security in a changing climate (101079772) (101079772)
4. AgroServ - Integrated SERvices supporting a sustainable AGROecological transition (101058020) (101058020)
5. PHENET - Tools and methods for extended plant PHENotyping and EnviroTyping services of European Research Infrastructures (101094587) (101094587)

Appears in the scientific report 2023

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