Gene Drive Projects
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Plantae
Streptophyta (land plants and green algae)
Angiospermae (angiosperms - flowering plants)
Caryophyllales (amaranths, beets, cacti and related plants)
Rough fruited water hemp
Readiness of Technology
3 - Preliminary laboratory work publishedPublications
Kochia
Readiness of Technology
1 - Gene drive proposedPublications
Intended use
To reduce the presence and impact of weed species on agricultural production by modifying them, potentially to render them less competitive, or more sensitive to herbicide.
Rose campion
Readiness of Technology
1 - Gene drive proposedPublications
Intended use
To reduce the presence and impact of weed species on agricultural production by modifying them, potentially to render them less competitive, or more sensitive to herbicide.
Commelinales (water hyacinths, spiderworts and related plants)
Water hyacinth
Readiness of Technology
1 - Gene drive proposedPublications
Intended use
To reduce the presence and impact of weed species on agricultural production by modifying them, potentially to render them less competitive, or more sensitive to herbicide.
Fabales (milkworts, legumes and related plants)
Yellow bush lupin/ tree lupin
Readiness of Technology
1 - Gene drive proposedPublications
Intended use
To reduce the presence and impact of weed species on agricultural production by modifying them, potentially to render them less competitive, or more sensitive to herbicide.
Lamiales (verbenas, mints, deadnettles and related plants)
Common lantana
Readiness of Technology
1 - Gene drive proposedPublications
Intended use
To reduce the presence and impact of weed species on agricultural production by modifying them, potentially to render them less competitive, or more sensitive to herbicide.
Myrtales (eucalyptus, guave and related woody plants)
Readiness of Technology
1 - Gene drive proposedPublications
Intended use
To modify wild populations in Australia to render them resistant to the fungal pathogen Puccinia psidii.
Type of system
NA
Poales (grasses, sedges and related monocot plants)
Black grass
Readiness of Technology
1 - Gene drive proposedPublications
Intended use
To reduce the presence and impact of weed species on agricultural production by suppressing them, or by modifying them, potentially to render them less competitive, or more sensitive to herbicide.
Bermuda grass
Readiness of Technology
1 - Gene drive proposedPublications
Intended use
To reduce the presence and impact of weed species on agricultural production by modifying them, potentially to render them less competitive, or more sensitive to herbicide.
Purple nut sedge
Readiness of Technology
1 - Gene drive proposedPublications
Intended use
To reduce the presence and impact of weed species on agricultural production by modifying them, potentially to render them less competitive, or more sensitive to herbicide.