Wenzl Chris, Buddle Emily A, Ankeny Rachel A
School of Humanities, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia.
Philosophy Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Plant J. 2025 Apr;122(1):e70137. doi: 10.1111/tpj.70137.
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.
人们越来越关注包括生物技术在内的农业基因组学在提高粮食生产系统“可持续性”方面的作用。然而，随着“可持续性”与农业基因组学目标的联系日益频繁，一个关键问题出现了：关于“可持续性”有哪些主张，以及在农业基因组学学术文献中“可持续性”的概念是如何定义的？本文通过对近期科学文献的结构化分析，研究了关于“可持续性”越来越频繁的主张，包括该术语在农业基因组学领域是如何定义和衡量的。文章认为，与适当的学术文献相关联的更透明的定义和更清晰的指标，对于提高农业基因组学研究的连贯性、影响力和可信度至关重要。
