Genetic Engineering of Plants Agricultural Research Opportunities and Policy Concerns (1984) / Chapter Skim
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Molecular biologists are learning how to transfer foreign genes into plant cells. They are doing on a molecular level what plant breeders have been doing with whole plants for centuries: combining genes in new ways to create improved crops.
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Using molecular techniques, a gene can be snipped from one plant and spliced into another in a single experiment. Perhaps more important, genetic engineering opens up a new source
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Progress in plant genetic engineering has been hampered by the limited knowledge of plant biology. The successful application of genetic engineering to plants will require fundamental breakthroughs in the understanding of gene expression and regulation, as well as increased knowledge of plant physiology, biochemistry, development, and metabolism.
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This knowledge can then be used to devise more effective strategies for crop improvement through classical breeding and, eventually, through · · — genetic engineering. In May 1983 the Board on Agriculture of the National Research Council held a convocation to discuss the potential contribution of genetic engineering to agriculture.
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