Agricultural Biotechnology and Crop Improvement: A Review

Mulatu Gidi

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Agricultural Biotechnology and Crop Improvement: A Review

Mulatu Gidi

Published in International Journal of Genetics and Genomics (Volume 11, Issue 3)

Received: 3 July 2023 Accepted: 18 July 2023 Published: 26 July 2023

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Abstract

To meet the needs of a predicted worldwide population of nine billion people in the year 2050, agricultural biotechnology's promise of sustainable crop production improvements is critical. Climate change, scarcity of land for agriculture, and social issues are the factors that limit agricultural production and productivity, resulting in poverty, starvation, malnutrition, and deaths for millions of people throughout the world, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. In most developing countries, including Africa, agricultural production and productivity systems are not supported by modern technology. Nowadays, advanced agricultural biotechnology techniques such as genetic modification and transformation of plants play a crucial role in crop improvement by introducing advantageous novel gene(s) or inhibiting the transmission of existing traits in the plants. Crop resilience to abiotic and biotic variables, quality of the grain, and crop design will all contribute considerably to the community's adoption of genome-edited crops in order to advance the lines of breeding and utilize distinct environmental responses. Herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, abiotic stress tolerance, disease resistance, and nutritional improvement are all characteristics of genetically modified crops. Therefore, crop improvement using agricultural biotechnology is the best and most efficient way in agriculture to overcome food insecurity and climate change disasters globally.

Published in	International Journal of Genetics and Genomics (Volume 11, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijgg.20231103.13
Page(s)	81-85
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Agricultural Biotechnology, Crop Improvement, Genetic Transformation, Genome Editing, GM Crops

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