Agricultural biotechnology: genetic engineering for a food cause/ Srividya Venkataraman

1. Engineered microbes for improved soil and plant health2. Biofortified crops3. Genetically engineered plant products for health: Plant made pharmaceuticals4. Genomed edited crops5. Gene drive focusing on agriculture6. Phytoremediation strategies using microbiotechnology (eg plastic eating microbes)7. Application of Genetic engineering8. Strategies to address climate change9. Repurposing food and agricultural waste using microbiotechnology10. Synthetic Microbiology and microbial symbiosis11. Metabolic Engineering of plants for secondary metabolite production12. Sustainability through agricultural microbiotechnology13. Economic benefit14. Biofuel production and agricultural microbiotechnology15. Development of molecular biomarkers in plant and plant molecular breeding16. Public perception, intellectual property issues17. Future of micro biotechnology in agricultural practices