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INTEGRATING BIOTECHNOLOGY-BASED PRODUCTS INTO THE HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRY
Article number
198_10
Pages
81 – 90
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Abstract
The field of Plant Biotechnology has been the subject of considerable attention over the past several years.
Plant biotechnology can be defined as a collection of techniques from such varied disciplines as Plant Breeding, Plant Cell Biology, Tissue Culture, Molecular Biology and Plant Physiology to be used for crop improvement.
The excitement of Plant Biotechnology comes from the integration of established and new plant science disciplines in unique and creative ways to achieve new routes to solving the continuing problems facing agriculture today.
A review of the key technological innovations being used today and the commercial aspects of these technologies is presented here.
Under the umbrella of plant breeding and selection, advances in micropropagation, tissue culture, somatic embryogenesis, recombinant DNA, and plant delivery systems are being developed and implemented now to deliver products to grower-users in today’s plant industries.
Plant biotechnology can be defined as a collection of techniques from such varied disciplines as Plant Breeding, Plant Cell Biology, Tissue Culture, Molecular Biology and Plant Physiology to be used for crop improvement.
The excitement of Plant Biotechnology comes from the integration of established and new plant science disciplines in unique and creative ways to achieve new routes to solving the continuing problems facing agriculture today.
A review of the key technological innovations being used today and the commercial aspects of these technologies is presented here.
Under the umbrella of plant breeding and selection, advances in micropropagation, tissue culture, somatic embryogenesis, recombinant DNA, and plant delivery systems are being developed and implemented now to deliver products to grower-users in today’s plant industries.
Authors
C.E. Nelsen
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