Current challenges for plant biology research in the Global South
In an attempt to address the large inequities faced by the plant biology communities from the Global South (i.e. countries located around the tropics and the Southern Hemisphere) at international conferences, this Viewpoint is the reflexive thinking arising from the concurrent session titled 'Arabidopsis and its translational research in the Global South' organized at the International Conference of Arabidopsis Research 2023 (ICAR 2023) in Chiba, Japan in June 2023. Here, we highlight the main obstacles plant biology communities in the Global South face in terms of knowledge production, as measured by the unequal production and citation of publications, investigating and advancing local plant genomics and biodiversity, combating disparities in gender and diversity, and current initiatives to break isolation of scientists.
Authors
- José M. Estevez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6332-7738)
- Marek Mutwil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7848-0126)
- Puthan Valappil Rahul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8071-0579)
- Gabriela Auge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6797-5668)
- Robert A. Ingle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8362-3777)
- Rohan Shawn Sunil
Institutions
- Universidad Andrés Bello (CL)
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (AR)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Nanyang Technological University (SG)
- Fundación Instituto Leloir (AR)
- Millennium Science Initiative (CL)
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal (IN)
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (AR)
- Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (CL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- New Phytologist
- Published
- 2024-09-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20083
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.87
Funders
- Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research
- Ministry of Education, India
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali
- Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
- Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico