The Gene Editing Business: Rent Extraction in the Biotech Industry DOI Creative Commons
Erica Borg, Amedeo Policante

Review of Political Economy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 36

Опубликована: Окт. 24, 2024

This article analyses the mechanisms governing extraction, circulation, and distribution of rent in biotech industry. Building on recent scholarship, it contributes to debates surrounding importance technoscientific capitalism. We analyse genome editing as a global labour process. Part One examines ongoing patent battle over CRISPR-Cas9 struggle for control foundational biotechnology increasingly central several industrial sectors: process enclosure that facilitates shift towards monopoly, financial speculation. Two then details how patented CRISPR technologies are valorised through construction global, multi-layered infrastructures extraction based complex webs licensing deals. Three maps uneven geographies patenting. It considers monopoly power emerges continuous conversion public research into private assets, this reinforces profoundly unequal systems royalties rents biopolitical economy. interrogate cement expand neocolonial privatising economic benefits socialising ecological risks. Finally, we argue an monopolistic corporate biopower mediates developed, which mutant ecologies socially produced.

Язык: Английский

Drought stress memory in maize: understanding and harnessing the past for future resilience DOI
Latif Ahmad Peer, Aijaz A. Wani, Ajaz A. Lone

и другие.

Plant Cell Reports, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 44(5)

Опубликована: Апрель 25, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Effect of Biostimulants and Glyphosate on Morphophysiological Parameters of Zea mays (L.) Seedlings Under Controlled Conditions DOI Creative Commons

Tabisa Tandathu,

Elmarie Kotzé, E. van der Watt

и другие.

Agronomy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(10), С. 2396 - 2396

Опубликована: Окт. 16, 2024

Maize (Zea mays L.) is the major produced crop in South Africa, but numerous abiotic/biotic stressors threaten its production. Herbicides are mainly agricultural sector to minimise yield losses caused by weed competition. However, with most weeds becoming resistant glyphosate, African farmers have used higher herbicide concentrations than typically recommended. This study was conducted determine effect of two biostimulants (brassinosteroids and KELPAK) glyphosate on morphophysiological parameters maize seedlings. Experiments were carried out glasshouses Department Soil, Crop, Climate Sciences at University Free State Bloemfontein for eight weeks over seasons, 2017/2018 2018/2019. The treatments did not significantly affect all morphological except plant dry mass. Compared control, mass (p < 0.05) increased 15.72 g when applied combination brassinosteroids during 2019 growing season. application brassinosteroids, KELPAK differed between across physiological seasons: an irrefutable significant increase recorded rates transpiration weeks. Although differences chlorophyll fluorescence, chlorophyll, carotenoid content, these similar especially last week data collection. During early developmental stage maize, can administer biostimulants—brassinosteroid (5 ai ha−1) (5% ha−1)—alone glyphosate-resistant cultivars treated aid

Язык: Английский

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The future is only the beginning DOI Creative Commons
Joeva Sean Rock, Maywa Montenegro de Wit, Ann Kingiri

и другие.

Elementa Science of the Anthropocene, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Recent advancements in genome editing have captured the attention of scientists and policymakers, who contend that technology has a large role to play advancing food climate security on African continent. However, modest results earlier generations biotechnology—such as genetically modified (GM) crops—raise questions about sustainability new technological interventions. This special feature examines lessons learned from previous GM crops other agricultural technologies, using them analyze portfolio gene edited being developed for farmers today. In this article, we introduce 6 papers make up by way examining future-oriented discourses around advancement editing. Drawing Science Technology Studies, political ecology, critical development studies, introduction highlights crucial factors shape development, practice, politics knowing emphasizes need look toward multiple, diverse futures.

Язык: Английский

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The Gene Editing Business: Rent Extraction in the Biotech Industry DOI Creative Commons
Erica Borg, Amedeo Policante

Review of Political Economy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 36

Опубликована: Окт. 24, 2024

This article analyses the mechanisms governing extraction, circulation, and distribution of rent in biotech industry. Building on recent scholarship, it contributes to debates surrounding importance technoscientific capitalism. We analyse genome editing as a global labour process. Part One examines ongoing patent battle over CRISPR-Cas9 struggle for control foundational biotechnology increasingly central several industrial sectors: process enclosure that facilitates shift towards monopoly, financial speculation. Two then details how patented CRISPR technologies are valorised through construction global, multi-layered infrastructures extraction based complex webs licensing deals. Three maps uneven geographies patenting. It considers monopoly power emerges continuous conversion public research into private assets, this reinforces profoundly unequal systems royalties rents biopolitical economy. interrogate cement expand neocolonial privatising economic benefits socialising ecological risks. Finally, we argue an monopolistic corporate biopower mediates developed, which mutant ecologies socially produced.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

0