Sentences with phrase «using plant biotechnology»

Using plant biotechnology we have introduced two resistance genes of a wild potato into a modern potato variety.

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Cellulose fibers produced by the model organism Komagataeibacter (Gluconacetobacter) xylinus are very similar to those found in plants (1) and are increasingly used in biotechnology and nanotechnology (2, 3).

I think about that scene when I hear the way many of my environmentalist friends talk about genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, an ill - fitting term that has come to stand for plants, animals and other living things whose genes have been directly manipulated in the lab using the techniques of modern biotechnology.

The variations produced by using different plants offer limitless possibilities,» says Heiko Rischer, Leader of VTT's Plant Biotechnology Research Team.

Genetically modified plants could be produced more cheaply and easily using a method announced last week by scientists from Zeneca, the British biotechnology company.

Biotechnology is also used in agriculture («green biotech») in plant - tissue culture and assisted breeding, and of course in the more controversial genetically modified crops.

The series of steps that plants use to make lignin has been studied for decades, said Wout Boerjan, a co-author of the paper who does research in plant biotechnology at Ghent University and Belgian life sciences institute VIB.

Agricultural biotechnology, as used here, relates more specifically to the production of agriculturally useful products from plants including products for animal health and food manufacturing.

We add plant traits from oil producing plants, like safflower and olive to our algae through the use of biotechnology.

Giving his suggestions, he stressed the need for developing varieties (idealistic plants) from climate change perspective and introduction of new crops using conventional as well as mutation breeding through biotechnology and genetic engineering.

While these crops do not require regulatory oversight, we do have an important role to play in protecting plant health by evaluating products developed using modern biotechnology.