In this issue, we explore the topic of plant biotechnology. With a rapidly growing population, policymakers and scientists are asking: How will humans produce enough food to feed our growing numbers?

3). Figure 3: An example of the 'top-down' approach for the generation of plant artificial chromosomes. A primary goal of plant biotechnology is to continue human-driven crop evolution for higher ...

Dublin, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Plant Biotechnology Market by Product Type (Crop Protection & Nutrition Solution Products, Biotech Seed & Traits, Synthetic Biology Enabled Products ...

Figure 2a. The survival of second to third-instar monarch larvae was tested. Three milkweed leaf treatments were conducted: leaves with no pollen (lavender), leaves treated with untransformed corn ...

In agricultural biotechnology, changes are made directly ... and transferred directly into another plant genome (Figure 3). Plants that have genes from other organisms are referred to as transgenic.

according to a paper published online in Plant Biotechnology Journal. "In the search for alternative biofuel plant resources, tobacco has been largely overlooked as it is considered primarily as ...

This work was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Neal Stewart is an inventor in plant biotechnology, though none of the technologies described in the Conversation article are ...