Opinion paper on the use of genome editing in Prunus crop improvement
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Roundtables will be conducted on a regular basis with potential stakeholders and representatives of civil society By the end of the project an opinion paper will be produced based on the results of the TESS project and discussions going on during the roundtables It will summarise 1 an evaluation of the financial requirements and cost benefits for the adoption of such approaches in breeding programs in relationship to current breeding strategies to enable stakeholders to make informed decisions about adoption of these technologies 2 the examination of the societal impacts and acceptance of such technologies and plant material
Leaflets in English, French, Italian and Spanish
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Leaflets will be produced and translated in each respective national language. They will be used 1) to inform stakeholders of the existence of these next generation tree breeding technologies and the potential for them to achieve two major goals, the rapid production of improved tree varieties addressing crop specific issues (e.g. sharka resistance in our case); 2) to integrate the stakeholders into the process of strategic planning of the genome editing technology for future target traits, beyond resistance to sharka.