Agricultural biotec.

quarantee food supply

source of family income

food collection

domestication of plants and animals

food storage

food fermintation

beer brewing

bread baking

cheese, yogurt

mendel's discoveries

rDNA

limitations of classic breeding

Local pricing policies and growers‘ profitability are no
longer effective

reduced land and water
availability

soil, water,
and air quality deterioration

global
climatic changes, desertification, pollution, and
industrialization.

Partial solution

saving green belts around
urban centers.

greenhouses

to improve plant quality and to extend crop harvest and marketing beyond the traditional regional seasons.

Pastures, most cereals and legumes, and forests cannot be maintained as environmentally protected agriculture.

computerized greenhouses

costly

highly educated growers

use of solar energy

development of innovative irrigation
techniques

novel applications of water
desalination and recycling.

examples of integration of
new biotechnologies in classic breeding

microscopic visualization of chromosomes in tissue culture

the fluorescent in situ staining by hybridization (FISH) for fluorescent labeling of chromosome markers in cells

restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) for the isolation of DNA markers

development of the simple-sequence repeat
(SSR)DNA markers for isolation of important plant traits

new biotech is the use of recombinant DNA
and in vitro biological techniques in three
major areas:

as powerful tools in classic breeding

as means for generating transgenic plants,
animals, and other organisms

as a means of integrating microorganisms
into various agricultural production systems

. Biopharming

Plant In Vitro Technologies

Micropropagation

Somatic Cell Genetics

Transgenic Plants

Germplasm of the Future

Agbiotech Disease Control, Diagnostics, and
Biological Control of Plant Pests

Phytoremediation and Bioremediation

Marine Biotechnology

Cosmoceuticals and Nutroceuticals

. Biochemicals for the Food and Chemical Industries