Call for Paper - January 2024 Edition
IJCA solicits original research papers for the January 2024 Edition. Last date of manuscript submission is December 20, 2023. Read More

Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering: Enhancement in Food Quality and Quantity

Print
PDF
 
Download Full Text
IJCA Proceedings on International Conference on Advancements in Engineering and Technology
© 2015 by IJCA Journal
ICAET 2015 - Number 10
Year of Publication: 2015
Authors:
Joni Lal
Kulbhushan Rana

Joni Lal and Kulbhushan Rana. Article: Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering: Enhancement in Food Quality and Quantity. IJCA Proceedings on International Conference on Advancements in Engineering and Technology ICAET 2015(10):1-2, August 2015. Full text available. BibTeX

@article{key:article,
	author = {Joni Lal and Kulbhushan Rana},
	title = {Article: Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering: Enhancement in Food Quality and Quantity},
	journal = {IJCA Proceedings on International Conference on Advancements in Engineering and Technology},
	year = {2015},
	volume = {ICAET 2015},
	number = {10},
	pages = {1-2},
	month = {August},
	note = {Full text available}
}

Abstract

Biotechnology and genetic Engineering is now able to increase food quality and quantity by introducing modified recombinant genes into the crop plants. Scientists of Hawaii and Cornell University has developed two varieties of papaya which are resistant to papaya ringspot virus by taking genes from virus. Crops like cotton potato have been successfully transformed to make a protein; Cry protein to kill harmful insects. Indian agricultural research institute, New Delhi has also developed many vegetable crops that are rich in vitamin and minerals. Biotechnology and Genetic engineering has developed GM crops like 'Golden rice' and 'Flavr Savr' which are far better than natural varieties.

References

  • The European parliament and the council of the European Union(12 march 2001)"Directive on the release of genetically modified organisms. Directive 2001/18/ECANNEX1A". Official journal of the European communities ,p. page 17.
  • Paine Jacqueline A; Shipton , Catherine A; Chagger, Sunandha; Howells, Rhian M; Kennedy,MikeJ; Vernon, Gareth; Wright, Susan Y; Hinchliffe, Edward; Adams, Jessica l(2005). 'Improving the nutritional value of Golden Rice through increased pro vitamin A content ". Nature biotechnology 23 (4): 482-7. doi:10. 1038/nbt 1082. PMID 15793573.
  • Martineau, Belinda 2001. First Fruit: The creation of the Flavr Savr tomato and the Birth of Biotech Food. Mc Graw Hill.
  • Zupan,J; Muth. TR;Draper,O; Zambryski,P. (2000)"The transfer of DNA from Agrobacterium tumefaciens into plants; a feast of fundamental insights" Plant J. 23:11 - 28. doi:10. 1046/j . 1365-313x. 2000. 00808. x.
  • Rebecca Bailey,'Biofortifying' one of the word's primary foods, Retrieved on July22,2008'.
  • Babu M, Geetha M. "DNA shuffling of cry proteins" Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  • Broderick, nichole A; Raffa, Kenneth F; Handelsman, To (2006) "Midgut bacteria required for Bacillius thuringienis insecticidal activity". Proceeding of the national Academy of sciences 103 (41); 15196-9.
  • International rice research Institute: About Golden rice.
  • Biofortification: Harnessing agricultural technology to improve the health of the poor, IFPRI and CIAT pamphlet, (2002).
  • Watson, Janes D. (2007). Recombinant DNA: Genes and genomes: A short course. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman. ISBNO-7167-2866-54
  • Donna U. Vogt and Mickey Parish. (1999) food biotechnology in the United States: Science, Regulation, and issues.
  • Peters, Pamela. " Transforming Plants. Basic Genetic Engineering Techniques".
  • 13 Segelken, Roger (14 may 1987). "Biologists invent gun for shooting cells with DNA".