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Cisgenic Crops: Safety, Legal and Social Issues pp 245–254Cite as

Cisgenic Crops in Ecuador: Research and Perspectives

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Abstract

Crops are constantly challenged by different (a)biotic stress including pests and diseases, or environmental factors such as cold or drought; that could lead to low yields, compromising the food security and incomes for producers. One of the main strategies to overcome this scenario is the development of resistant crops to pests and diseases or with increased nutrient content, that could produce high yield and profit. Different methodologies are applied to genetically improved crops, including conventional breeding, induced mutations, genetic engineering and new breeding techniques. The development of transgenic crops has been a success worldwide, due to an increasing number of events cultivated and the increasing area of adoption over the years for different crops, mainly maize and soybean. However, transgenic crops are constantly under sight due to concerns about human and environmental risks. Therefore, cisgenic crops are developed as an alternative to transgenic plants because no exogenous gene is used on them; even if it uses the same biotechnological tools to be developed. In this chapter, we will discuss the legal framework for cisgenic research and application in crops in Ecuador, showing different crops which are important for the food security or export market in the country.

Keywords

  • GMOs
  • Transgenic
  • Intragenic
  • Rice
  • Banana
  • Apple
  • Potato

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Acknowledgements

The author Efrén Santos received all the funding for research related to: the identification of candidate resistance genes for black sigatoka disease from the banana wild species ‘Calcutta 4’, and for establishing the platform of genetic engineering in banana from the Secretaría Nacional de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación projects: PIC-08-0000300; and SENACYT-FWO-10-005.

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    E. Santos, E. Sánchez, L. Villao & T. Chávez

  2. ESPOL Polytechnic University, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Facultad de Ciencias de La Vida (FCV), Guayaquil, Ecuador

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Santos, E., Sánchez, E., Villao, L., Chávez, T. (2023). Cisgenic Crops in Ecuador: Research and Perspectives. In: Chaurasia, A., Kole, C. (eds) Cisgenic Crops: Safety, Legal and Social Issues. Concepts and Strategies in Plant Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10721-4_10

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