Editorial, Adv Genet Eng Biotechnol Vol: 1 Issue: 1
Cryopreservation: A Strategy Technique for Safe Preservation of Genetically Transformed Plant Materials
| Qiaochun Wang* Renrui Wang, Baiquan Li and Zhenhua Cui | |
| State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Region, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, China | |
| Corresponding author : Qiaochun Wang State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Region, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China Tel: +86-29-87081660; Fax: +86-29-87081660 E-mail: qiaochunwang@nwsuaf.edu.cn |
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| Received: July 16, 2012 Accepted: July 18, 2012 Published: July 25, 2012 | |
| Citation: Wang Q (2012) Cryopreservation: A Strategy Technique for Safe Preservation of Genetically Transformed Plant Materials. Adv Genet Eng Biotechnol 1:1. doi:10.4172/2324-9021.1000e101 |
Abstract
Cryopreservation: A Strategy Technique for Safe Preservation of Genetically Transformed Plant Materials
The world population now is 6.7 billion and is predicted to reach 9 billion by 2050. Such a rapid growing population has tremendously increased the challenge for food security. Obviously, it is impossible for traditional agriculture to ensure the food security, while plant biotechnology offers considerable potential to realize this goal. Commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops started in 1996. Since then, cultivation of GM crops has rapidly increased and the total cultivation areas of GM crops had reached 134 million ha by 2009.