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주관: 기초과학연구소(자율운영 중점연구소지원사업)

일시: 2023년 11월 9일 목요일 17:00

장소: 원천관 242호

연사: 권춘탁 교수(경희대학교 스마트팜과학과)

주제: Customizing fruit crops for vertical farming by genome editing

A modern agricultural revolution is emerging that allows cultivation in urban environments to provide local low-input food production. However, space restrictions and the need for rapid crop cycling have limited vertical farms to lettuce and related ‘leafy green’ vegetables. Fruit crops are highly desired, but developing new varieties whose architectures and productivities are optimized for these specific growth parameters is challenging. From the identification of regulators of stem length, we devised a trait-stacking strategy that combines mutations causing rapid flowering, precocious growth termination, and condensed shoots. Application of our strategy using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing restructured vine-like growth of tomato and groundcherry plants into compact, early-yielding plants suitable for vertical farming. Our approaches can expand the repertoire of crops for vertical farming.