Green Revolution to Gene Revolution: Technological Advances in Agriculture to Feed the World
Technological applications in agriculture have evolved substantially to increase crop yields and quality to meet global food demand. Conventional techniques, such as seed saving, selective breeding, and mutation breeding (variation breeding), have dramatically increased crop production, especially d...
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| author | Mohd Fadhli Hamdan Siti Nurfadhlina Mohd Noor Nazrin Abd-Aziz Teen-Lee Pua Boon Chin Tan |
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| description | Technological applications in agriculture have evolved substantially to increase crop yields and quality to meet global food demand. Conventional techniques, such as seed saving, selective breeding, and mutation breeding (variation breeding), have dramatically increased crop production, especially during the ‘Green Revolution’ in the 1990s. However, newer issues, such as limited arable lands, climate change, and ever-increasing food demand, pose challenges to agricultural production and threaten food security. In the following ‘Gene Revolution’ era, rapid innovations in the biotechnology field provide alternative strategies to further improve crop yield, quality, and resilience towards biotic and abiotic stresses. These innovations include the introduction of DNA recombinant technology and applications of genome editing techniques, such as transcription activator-like effector (TALEN), zinc-finger nucleases (ZFN), and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR associated (CRISPR/Cas) systems. However, the acceptance and future of these modern tools rely on the regulatory frameworks governing their development and production in various countries. Herein, we examine the evolution of technological applications in agriculture, focusing on the motivations for their introduction, technical challenges, possible benefits and concerns, and regulatory frameworks governing genetically engineered product development and production. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-12f810ca69e84a25af50c4b1b1dd65f32023-11-23T12:41:51ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472022-05-011110129710.3390/plants11101297Green Revolution to Gene Revolution: Technological Advances in Agriculture to Feed the WorldMohd Fadhli Hamdan0Siti Nurfadhlina Mohd Noor1Nazrin Abd-Aziz2Teen-Lee Pua3Boon Chin Tan4Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, MalaysiaInstitute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, MalaysiaInnovation Centre in Agritechnology for Advanced Bioprocessing (ICA), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Pagoh 84600, MalaysiaTopplant Laboratories Sdn. Bhd., Jalan Ulu Beranang, Negeri Sembilan 71750, MalaysiaCentre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, MalaysiaTechnological applications in agriculture have evolved substantially to increase crop yields and quality to meet global food demand. Conventional techniques, such as seed saving, selective breeding, and mutation breeding (variation breeding), have dramatically increased crop production, especially during the ‘Green Revolution’ in the 1990s. However, newer issues, such as limited arable lands, climate change, and ever-increasing food demand, pose challenges to agricultural production and threaten food security. In the following ‘Gene Revolution’ era, rapid innovations in the biotechnology field provide alternative strategies to further improve crop yield, quality, and resilience towards biotic and abiotic stresses. These innovations include the introduction of DNA recombinant technology and applications of genome editing techniques, such as transcription activator-like effector (TALEN), zinc-finger nucleases (ZFN), and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR associated (CRISPR/Cas) systems. However, the acceptance and future of these modern tools rely on the regulatory frameworks governing their development and production in various countries. Herein, we examine the evolution of technological applications in agriculture, focusing on the motivations for their introduction, technical challenges, possible benefits and concerns, and regulatory frameworks governing genetically engineered product development and production.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/10/1297biotechnologybreedingcrop improvementgenetically modified cropsgenome editing |
| spellingShingle | Mohd Fadhli Hamdan Siti Nurfadhlina Mohd Noor Nazrin Abd-Aziz Teen-Lee Pua Boon Chin Tan Green Revolution to Gene Revolution: Technological Advances in Agriculture to Feed the World Plants biotechnology breeding crop improvement genetically modified crops genome editing |
| title | Green Revolution to Gene Revolution: Technological Advances in Agriculture to Feed the World |
| title_full | Green Revolution to Gene Revolution: Technological Advances in Agriculture to Feed the World |
| title_fullStr | Green Revolution to Gene Revolution: Technological Advances in Agriculture to Feed the World |
| title_full_unstemmed | Green Revolution to Gene Revolution: Technological Advances in Agriculture to Feed the World |
| title_short | Green Revolution to Gene Revolution: Technological Advances in Agriculture to Feed the World |
| title_sort | green revolution to gene revolution technological advances in agriculture to feed the world |
| topic | biotechnology breeding crop improvement genetically modified crops genome editing |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/10/1297 |
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