PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY generally can be divided into traditional biotechnology and new biotechnology. Traditional biotechnology such as breeding by selection and saving the best seed for the next generation, has been in practice for thousands of years. Almost all of the crops that we cultivate today are very different from their wild ancestors. Other techniques such as genetic markers and double haploid production are new tools to aid traditional breeding programs. Mutagenesis and selection have been used for more than 50 years to introduce more genetic variation into breeding lines
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