Plant biotechnology and environment ? possibilities, benefits and potential risk

• Authors: A. Nadolczyk-Orczyk , A. Nadolska-Orczyk
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Plant biotechnology is the key to solve most of the problems of modern agriculture. Today, genetically modified plants are planted on half of the acres of USA and it is expected that in 2030 most of cultivars will be transgenic. On the other hand, this technology has raised public?s fears. This article presents the possibilities of applying biotechnology to environmentally safe agriculture. It also discusses the potential risk and benefits of releasing the GMO into the environment.

Keywords

EN

AGRICULTURE   ENVIRONMENT   GM PLANT   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY  

Discipline

• BIOTECHNOLOGY: BIOTECHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee of Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Biotechnologia
• Year: 2002
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 227-238
• Document Type: REVIEW
• Publication order reference: A. Nadolska-Orczyk, Pracownia Inzynierii Komorkowej i Transformacji, Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roslin, Radzikow, 05-870 Blonie, Poland