Biological Parts for Plant Biodesign to Enhance Land-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal.

ABSTRACT: A grand challenge facing society is climate change caused mainly by rising CO₂ concentration in Earth's atmosphere. Terrestrial plants are linchpins in global carbon cycling, with a unique capability of capturing CO₂ via photosynthesis and translocating captured carbon to stems, roots, and soils for long-term storage. However, many researchers postulate that existing land plants cannot meet the ambitious requirement for CO₂ removal to mitigate climate change in the future due to low photosynthetic efficiency, limited carbon allocation for long-term storage, and low suitability for the bioeconomy. To address these limitations, there is an urgent need for genetic improvement of existing plants or construction of novel plant systems through biosystems design (

SUBMITTER: Yang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10521660 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature