Plant synthetic biology aims to harness the natural abilities of plants and to turn them to new
purposes. A primary goal of plant synthetic biology is to produce predictable and …

Synthetic biology enables the construction of genetic circuits with predictable gene functions
in plants. Detailed quantitative descriptions of the transfer function or input–output function …

Plant synthetic biology promises immense technological benefits, including the potential
development of a sustainable bio-based economy through the predictive design of synthetic …

Plant synthetic biology is an emerging field that combines engineering principles with plant
biology toward the design and production of new devices. This emerging field should play …

The flourishing plant science promotes the exploding number of data and the expansion of
toolkits. Plant synthetic biology is still in its early stages and requires more quantitative and …

Plant synthetic biology is a rapidly emerging field that aims to engineer genetic circuits to
function in plants with the same reliability and precision as electronic circuits. These circuits …

While the installation of complex genetic circuits in microorganisms is relatively routine, the
synthetic biology toolbox is severely limited in plants. Of particular concern is the absence of …

Highlights•Genetic circuits have the potential to accelerate crop improvement.•Successful
genetic circuits are currently made from heterologous, composable parts.•Higher throughput …

Molecular genetic studies of model plants in the past few decades have identified many key
genes and pathways controlling development, metabolism and environmental responses …

The applications of synthetic biology range from creating simple circuits to monitor an
organism's state to complex circuits capable of reconstructing aspects of life. The latter has …