Plant Biotechnology

The plant microbiome in biotechnology

The plant microbiome in biotechnology An annotated selection of World Wide Websites relevant to the topics in microbial biotechnology Biotechnology through understanding plant– microbiome interactions This review describes plant microbiomes and then addresses whether they can be engineered to encourage beneficial organisms, and discourage undesirable ones. This Microbe Wiki page deals broadly w...

Impact of Biotechnology on Plant Breeding

The application of modern biotechnology to plant breeding is considered to be more efficient and quicker than conventional breeding techniques in the development of new and more resilient crop varieties. To test the impact that biotechnology is having on a industrial plant breeding activities, we relate firm level Plant Variety Protection Certificate (PVPC) applications to corresponding expendi...

Advances in plant biotechnology and its adoption in developing countries.

Developing countries are already benefiting and should continue to benefit significantly from advances in plant biotechnology. Insect-protected cotton containing a natural insecticide protein from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt cotton) is providing millions of farmers with increased yields, reduced insecticide costs and fewer health risks. Many other useful plant biotechnology products that can ben...

The impact of plant biotechnology on food allergy.

Concerns about food allergy and its societal growth are intertwined with the growing advances in plant biotechnology. The knowledge of plant genes and protein structures provides the key foundation to understanding biochemical processes that produce food allergy. Biotechnology offers the prospect of producing low-allergen or allergen null plants that could mitigate the allergic response. Modifi...

The impact of Arabidopsis research on plant biotechnology.

Arabidopsis thaliana, a small annual weed belonging to the mustard family, has become a widely used model in plant genetic research. It has a small genome, short life cycle, and is easy to mutagenize. Identification of genes based on phenotype alone, often a rather difficult part of molecular genetic research, is easiest in this plant. Laboratories working on the "model" plant Arabidopsis thali...

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