title: Plant biotechnology in agriculture.
abstract: Knowledge on plant genomes has progressed during the past few years. Two plant genomes, those of Arabidopsis thaliana and rice, have been sequenced. Our present knowledge of synteny also indicates that, despite plasticity contributing to the diversity of the plant genomes, the organization of genes is conserved within large sections of chromosomes. In parallel, novel plant transformation systems have been proposed, notably with regard to plastid transformation and the removal of selectable marker genes in transgenic plants. Furthermore, a number of recent works considerably widen the potential of plant biotechnology.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire mixte CNRS/INRA/Bayer CropScience (UMR 1932), Bayer CropScience, 14-20, rue Pierre-Baizet, 69269, Lyon cedex 9, France. dominique.job@bayercropscience.com
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Job
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000639:trends*; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000639:trends*; D032461:Chromosomes, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000379:methods; D005819:Genetic Markers; D018745:Genome, Plant; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D014170:Transformation, Genetic
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers