Roger N. BeachyDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St Louis Since the emergence of agricultural biotechnology as a bona fide method for crop improvement, farmers in a growing number of countries have benefited, some to greater extents than others. The vast majority of…
Randy A. Hautea and Margarita EscalerInternational Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications Crop improvement facilitated by modern biotechnology is one the most significant developments in plant biotechnology research and development (R&D). Within Asia, plant biotechnology has largely been acknowledged as a…
Jennifer A. ThomsonDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa Most of the plant biotechnology in Africa is being carried out in South Africa, Egypt, and Kenya. At the University of Cape Town, maize resistant to maize streak…
W. Roca, C. Espinoza, and A. PantaGenetic Resources Conservation and Characterization Division, Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP), Lima, Peru This article provides a brief account of key developments in agricultural applications of biotechnology in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries; it…
R.B. Barwale, V.R. Gadwal, Usha Zehr, and Brent ZehrMaharashtra Hybrid Seed Company, India Cotton is a very important crop in India; farmers there face the challenge of losses due to various insect pests. The first genetically modified crop in India, Bt cotton,…
John P. Purcell and Frederick J. PerlakMonsanto Company Insect-resistant (Bt) cotton has been rapidly adopted since its introduction in 1996. Farmers around the worldboth large and smallholdersbenefit from this technology through increased productivity, convenience, and time savings. The vast majority of farmers…
Swapan K. DattaInternational Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines Rice, the most important food crop of the developing world, feeds more than two billion people as a staple food. Its improvement since the Green Revolution has been enormous, and biotechnology in the genomics…
Dennis GonsalvesUnited States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, US Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) is often a limiting factor in the production of papaya worldwide. In 1992, PRSV was discovered in the district of Puna on Hawaii…
Wojciech K. KaniewskiThomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PAPeter E. ThomasUnited States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Prosser, WA The need for genetic improvements of American potato was recognized as a primary target for plant genetic engineering. As immediate needs, virus and insect…
Timothy Conner, E. Hamer Paschal, Alberto Barbero, and Eric JohnsonMonsanto Company Soybeans are the primary source of the world’s supply of protein and vegetable oil. The demand for increased production of soybeans is forecasted to mirror the world’s population growth and demand…
