Two different methods have been used to identify and develop grain quality traits for crops. First type of the approach is to screen germplasm coupled with analytical tests for traits identification followed by the use of DNA based molecular markers to accelerate the breeding process. more info... |
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| Genetically modified
Potato
A group in the United States has taken the first steps towards creating a genetically modified (GM) potato, which can act as a vaccine against the virus that infects millions of people each year and threatens them with a potentially-fatal liver disease. more info... |
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| Biotechnology
in Horticultural Crops
Biotechnology offers a vast potential in horticulture. Genetic transformation, micropropagation, in-vitro conservation of germplasm, synseed technology, virus-cleaning through STG techniques, biofertilizers, biopesticides and postharvest biotechnology are important areas in biotechnology of horticultural crops. more info... |
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| Transgenic
Potatoes
A borrowed alfalfa gene has helped potatoes flight off a fungus that causes one type of potato blight researchers said. It was the first time a single gene had been shown to protect a plant and they hoped they had found a way to use genetic engineering to protect against a range of diseases. The researchers, based at Monsanto, an 85% owned subsidiary of Pharmacia Corp, based their world on the highly successful use of another gene to protect against bugs. Many crops are now engineered to produced Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), which some plants make naturally to fight insects. But nothing has been found to work against fungi, which can devastate potatoes. Potatoes, along with rice, wheat and corn on maize, are one of the four major food crops of the world. Developing nations are turning to potatoes because they can be harvested in as little as 90. |
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