Abstract
Boosting technological innovation for a sustainable and circular bioeconomy encompasses the use of renewable materials and development of highly effective biotechnological approaches to improve the quality of oilseed crops and facilitate their industrial deployment. The interest in cultivating Crambe as a potential crop is steadily growing due to its low propensity to crossbreeding with other oilseed crops, valuable seed oil composition and a high yield capacity. The main focus is located on Crambe abyssinica as the most adapted into the agriculture and well-studied Crambe species. At the same time, the Crambe genus is one of the most numerous of the Brassicaceae family featuring several underestimated (orphaned) species with useful traits (abiotic stress tolerance, wide range of practical applications). This review features progress in the biotechnological improvement of well-adapted and wild Crambe species starting with aseptic culture establishment and plant propagation in vitro reinforced with the use of genetic engineering and breeding techniques. The aim of the paper is to highlight and review the existing biotechnological methods of both underestimated and well-adapted Crambe species improvment, including the establishment of aseptic culture, in vitro cultivation, plant regeneration and genetic transformation to modify seed oil content and morphological traits of valuable species.
Highlights
Based on production and circulation of energy, the sustainable bioeconomy is strengthening its position – the biotechnology industry's economy was worth $62,5 billion in 2019 compared NadiaPushkarova a researcher at the Department of Cell Biology and Biotechnology at the Institute of FoodBiotechnology and Genomics of the NAS of Ukraine
Boosting technological innovation for a sustainable and circular bioeconomy encompasses the use of renewable materials and development of highly effective biotechnological approaches to improve the quality of oilseed crops and facilitate their industrial deployment
This review features progress in the biotechnological improvement of well-adapted and wild Crambe species starting with aseptic culture establishment and plant propagation in vitro reinforced with the use of genetic engineering and breeding techniques
Summary
Based on production and circulation of energy, the sustainable bioeconomy is strengthening its position – the biotechnology industry's economy was worth $62,5 billion in 2019 compared. Oilseed plants can be used for food or industrial purposes depending on the oil composition and it is essential to prevent the overlapping of crops to maintain high seed oil value. It is important to estimate the possibility of wild Crambe species application in agriculture for food, feed and oil production either by cultivation or as a source of valuable traits for improving crops. Unlike other widely used oilseed crops (e.g. rapeseed and sun ower), Crambe is at a low risk of outcrossing to its wild relatives, its seed morphology is distinct from other oilseed crops These traits make it possible to grow oilseed crops for food consumption in the immediate vicinity of Crambe plants without the risk of harming the quality of both food and nonfood crops and outcrossing of different traits among varieties or species.[24,25].
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