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Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production in Transgenic Plants: Green Plastics for Better Future and Environmental Sustainability

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In the present time, polyhydroxyalkanoates have established itself as the alternatives of petroleum-based synthetic polymers due to their biodegradability and eco-friendly nature. Several efforts have been done toward this direction by using microorganisms. Since the last two decades, several scientists have engaged in search of cost-effective alternatives of producing polyhydroxyalkanoates at larger scales. Therefore, many plant species have been genetically engineered for this purpose. The major obstacles in producing PHA polymers in transgenic plants are the regulation of the appropriate monomer’s composition and ratio synthesized in their cells. Efforts are on the way to encounter these difficulties as soon as possible. Among the targeted cell organelles, plastids have been considered as the best sites for higher production of polyhydroxyalkanoates because of its maternal inheritance and it is unaffected by gene silencing. The research is also going on for enhancing the production and accumulation of these biopolymers in transgenic plants. Polyhydroxyalkanoate production technologies are still costly, but these could be cost-effective in the near future. The present chapter describes about the current status of transgenic plants developed for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates at cheaper costs.

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Sharma, M.K., Singh, S., Kapoor, N., Tomar, R.S. (2022). Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production in Transgenic Plants: Green Plastics for Better Future and Environmental Sustainability. In: Kumar, P., Tomar, R.S., Bhat, J.A., Dobriyal, M., Rani, M. (eds) Agro-biodiversity and Agri-ecosystem Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0928-3_15

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