Current Progress in Plant Genome Research and Tree Biotechnology

Present and Future Prospects

Abstract

Progress in molecular biology in the 1980 s brings enable us to analyze various type of biological nature of plants at the molecular (DNA) level. Genetic engineering based on the molecular biological techniques provided exciting opportunity to produce transgenic plants and mutant lines with altered phenotypes and to better understanding the physiology, biochemistry of plants. Furthermore, much of knowledge how plant grow and develop has been gained from research in genome area such as complete genome sequence Arabidopsis thaliana that is being used worldwide as a model organism for basic and applied research in plant biology. Likewise, novel approaches such as express sequence tags, genome sequencing and enhancing traditional strategies for woody plant research. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of tree biotechnology and the areas currently being researched on biosynthesis of cell wall.