WHY GENETIC ENGINEERING?For the first time in the history of plant breeding, individual and precisely identified genes can be introduced into existing breeding material and expressed in plants. Genetic engineering enables us to access genes from all areas of the plant world as well as other organisms thereby greatly increasing the genetic resources available to the crop breeder. This technology is providing researchers with knowledge that explains how plants function at the molecular level. This knowledge allows researchers to develop better varieties through traditional breeding, using new tools. It allows researchers to develop new crops more efficiently and faster and meet breeding objectives that were previously unachievable.
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