**6. Conclusion**

The availability of rapid and affordable sequencing technology together with tools for site-specific recombination are plants has made it possible for genetic engineers to design plant genetic engineering experiments with great precision. Cisgenic plants *sensus stricto* with agriculturally important traits will soon be a reality in the field. The first few varieties might have to go through the same regulatory processes as transgenic plants. Maybe the plants must go beyond the usual requirements and demonstrate their true equivalence to conventionally bred varieties. Beyond that, it is hoped that methodologies for cisgenesis will become standardized, and regulatory requirements of cisgenic plants will be equivalent to those of conventionally bred crops.
