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Seeds, recombinant DNA and biodiversity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2012

Elibio L. Rech
Elibio L. Rech*
Affiliation:
Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Gene Transfer, Parque Estação Biologica, Brasilia, DF 70770-917, Brazil
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*Correspondence Email: rech@cenargen.embrapa.br
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Abstract

There is a worldwide consensus that the production of food, biomolecules and bioenergy should be sustainably intensified within the next decades. To achieve these goals will depend on the intensification of current practices in agricultural systems fused with a wider understanding and acceptance of genomics, metabolomics, synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. However, genetically modified-derived crops, including commodities and non-commodities, may contribute to establishing a new parameter in the agricultural, pharmaceutical and industrial sectors. Seeds will also play an important role in allowing large-scale production of innovative molecules prospected from biodiversity.

Keywords

agriculturebiodiversityCO2 equivalent emissionsmolecular farmingproteinsrecombinant DNAseeds
Type
Review Article
Information
Seed Science Research , Volume 22 , Supplement S1: Seed Science in the 21st Century , February 2012 , pp. S36 - S44
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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