Biotech Updates

Review on Genetic Transformation of Fruit Trees

March 9, 2012

Giorgio Gambino and Ivana Gribaudo from Plant Virology Institute, National Research Council in Italy, released a review on the recent advances in genetic transformation of fruit trees. According to the review published in Transgenic Research, most of the GE work on fruit trees done to improve abiotic stress tolerance, to induce modifications of plant growth and habit, to produce marker-free GM plants and to enhance fruit quality. Decoding of genomic sequences and studies on functional genomics are also becoming increasingly important especially in uncovering regulatory mechanisms related to biosynthesis and catabolism of metabolites in plants.

Subscribers of Transgenic Research may get a copy of the review at http://www.springerlink.com/content/6070266575h12856/.