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ReviewThe Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology2025

Problematic use of sustainability claims in recent scientific literature on crop gene technologies: toward improving practices and communication.

Chris Wenzl, Emily A Buddle, Rachel A Ankeny

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Review in The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Chris WenzlSchool of Humanities, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7677-9741
Emily A BuddleSchool of Humanities, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia.
Rachel A AnkenySchool of Humanities, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1547-6031

Funding

Australian Research Council IC210100047
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is growing interest in the role of agricultural genomics, including biotechnology, in enhancing the "sustainability" of food production systems. However, as "sustainability" becomes more frequently linked to the goals of agricultural genomics, a critical question arises: what claims are made about "sustainability" and how is the concept of "sustainability" defined in the scholarly literature on agricultural genomics? Using a structured analysis of the recent scientific literature, this article investigates increasingly frequent claims about "sustainability," including how this term is defined and measured in the field of agricultural genomics. It argues that more transparent definitions and clearer metrics, tied to appropriate scholarly literature, are crucial for improving the coherence, impact, and credibility of research in agricultural genomics.

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Crops, AgriculturalGenomicsAgricultureBiotechnologyagricultural genomicsbiotechnologycropsgene technologiespublication practicespublic understanding of sciencescience communicationscientific impactsustainability

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PMID40219982
PMCPMC11992966

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