Importance Of Biotechnology

INTRODUCTION TO PLANT CELL CULTURING

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. .INTRODUCTION TO BIOTECHNOLOGY Introduction and Definition o Historical Perspectives o Scope and Importance of Biotechnology o Commercial Potential

2. CELL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

a) Cell division

b) Cell cycle

c) Animal and plant development

3. PLANT CELL CULTURE AND APPLICATIONS

a) Introduction

b) Cell- and Tissue-Culture Techniques

c) Applications of Cell and Tissue Culture

d) Gene-Transfer Methods in Plants

e) Transgenic Plants with Beneficial Traits

f) Diagnostics in Agriculture and Molecular Breeding

g) Bioethics in Plant Genetic Engineering

PREFACES

B iotechnology as a fast developing technology as well as a science has already shown its impact on different aspects of day-to-day human life such as public health, pharmaceuticals, food and agriculture, industry, bioenergetics and information technology. Now it is very clear that biotechnology will be a key technology for the 21st century and the science of the future. It has the potential to ensure food security, dramatically reduce hunger and malnutrition, and reduce rural poverty, particularly in developing countries. Considering its commercial potential and its possible impact on the economy, the

So what makes modern biotechnology modern? It is not modern in the sense of using various living organisms, but in the techniques for doing so. The introduction of a large number of new techniques has changed the face of classical biotechnology forever. These modern techniques, applied mainly to cells and molecules, make it possible to take advantage of the biological process in a very precise way. For example, genetic engineering has allowed us to transfer the property of a single gene from one organism to another. But before going into the details of biotechnology and the techniques that make it possible, let us first define