This is the trend towards the creation of ?super plants? of the future. These plants will have amazing traits that are either enhanced and enhancement of their current ones or brand new traits that allow them to produce useful substances that they never produced before. Advances in genetics and bio-engineering will be the sciences that enable this trend.
Advanced plants could be very disruptive to many industries. Industrial chemicals, drugs and vaccines and energy can all be derived from plants. Future food crops will potentially be developed to be more resilient and more nutritious as well as being more efficient in regards to water and fertilizer use.
