Abstract
Climate change is having increasing impacts on food security globally. With 925 million citizens expected to be undernourished by 2020, the contribution of green biotechnology to meeting world food security needs is discussed. Applications of biotechnology including marker-aided selection, genomics, genetic modifications, and emergent novel technologies of relevance to drought resistance and salt tolerance to meet the needs of an increasing population under stressed environmental conditions are described.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-7 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Reference Module in Food Science |
Early online date | 14 Jan 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- biotechnology
- breeding
- climate change
- food crops
- gene editing
- genetic modification
- RNA spray