Principles of Plant Breeding (2+1)

Biotechnology in Plant Breeding

Introduction

• The new tools of molecular biology have broadened the scope of gene manipulations at the level of specific DNA segments to produce novel genomes with enhanced levels of resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, physiological efficiency, quality of product and yield potential.
  
• The current plant breeding programme are being complimented by biotechnology which involves the utilization of biological agents such as micro organisms, cells of higher plants and animals for the isolation of useful products.
  
• The molecular biology is applied in the plant breeding for the identification, location, isolation, characterization, cloning and transfer of specific genes in crops plants.