Gene Drive Projects
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Plantae
Streptophyta (land plants and green algae)
Angiospermae (angiosperms - flowering plants)
Brassicales (includes the brassicas - cabbages and mustards - and the rockcress)
Thale cress
Readiness of Technology
5 - Limited proof of concept in laboratoryPublications
Intended use
Proof of concept for gene drives in plants - 'to rapidly drive population modification or suppression'
Type of system
A toxin antidote gene drive targeting YKT61 - functions via 'killing of gametes'
Caryophyllales (amaranths, beets, cacti and related plants)
Palmer amaranth
Readiness of Technology
1 - Gene drive proposedPublications
Intended use
To reduce the presence and impact of weed species on agricultural production by suppressing them, or by modifying them, potentially to render them less competitive, or more sensitive to herbicide.
Rough fruited water hemp
Readiness of Technology
1 - Gene drive proposedPublications
Intended use
To reduce the presence and impact of weed species on agricultural production by suppressing them, or by modifying them, potentially to render them less competitive, or more sensitive to herbicide.
Rough fruited water hemp
Readiness of Technology
3 - Preliminary laboratory work publishedPublications
Kochia
Readiness of Technology
1 - Gene drive proposedPublications
Intended use
To reduce the presence and impact of weed species on agricultural production by modifying them, potentially to render them less competitive, or more sensitive to herbicide.
Rose campion
Readiness of Technology
1 - Gene drive proposedPublications
Intended use
To reduce the presence and impact of weed species on agricultural production by modifying them, potentially to render them less competitive, or more sensitive to herbicide.
Commelinales (water hyacinths, spiderworts and related plants)
Water hyacinth
Readiness of Technology
1 - Gene drive proposedPublications
Intended use
To reduce the presence and impact of weed species on agricultural production by modifying them, potentially to render them less competitive, or more sensitive to herbicide.
Fabales (milkworts, legumes and related plants)
Yellow bush lupin/ tree lupin
Readiness of Technology
1 - Gene drive proposedPublications
Intended use
To reduce the presence and impact of weed species on agricultural production by modifying them, potentially to render them less competitive, or more sensitive to herbicide.
Lamiales (verbenas, mints, deadnettles and related plants)
Common lantana
Readiness of Technology
1 - Gene drive proposedPublications
Intended use
To reduce the presence and impact of weed species on agricultural production by modifying them, potentially to render them less competitive, or more sensitive to herbicide.
Myrtales (eucalyptus, guave and related woody plants)
Readiness of Technology
1 - Gene drive proposedPublications
Intended use
To modify wild populations in Australia to render them resistant to the fungal pathogen Puccinia psidii.
Type of system
NA