Topic > Global cut flower trade - 1321

The global cut flower trade exceeds $27 billion in annual retail sales and thrives on innovation. Although flower color modification is clearly synonymous with novelty, as more factors are characterized, addition traits lend themselves to manipulation, particularly through the extension of classical selection following gene splicing. Traits being manipulated resulting in novelty are classified as either for the buyer or the producer. While classic breeding has targeted each category, it is about the characteristics of the customer, who, due to the relative profit, is attracted because the initial flowering tempts genetic engineers to create cut flowers new to the market. The industrial application of plant biotechnology through genetic modification is here to stay. There are clear benefits to producers from exploiting genetically modified styles of major food crops, and evidence of environmental benefits. The transgenic plant containing the Bacillus thuringiensis (BT) factor is one of the examples. A notable reduction in the amount of chemicals used to manage insects was measured in such crops, along with an increase in yield. Millions of hectares of genetically modified plants are currently in production and progress is being made towards the use of genetically modified crops for phytoremediation and therefore the production of the necessary secondary metabolites, together with prescription drugs. In future years, it is reasonable to expect that genetically modified plant varieties will be used in many different sectors of agriculture, forestry and livestock. Ornamental farming is an extremely important economic aspect of agriculture, and gardening is subsequently a dominant sector of agriculture. A feature of gardening, which covers… half of the article… f compounds involving, surprisingly, only a small variety of metabolic pathways, which are amenable to manipulation. Two genes responsible for the characteristic rose aroma, two O-methyl transferases, are isolated. Floral scent plays a very important role in attracting pollinators. Buyer selection is also necessary in purchasing flowers because of its sensual associations. The floral scent is made up of various compounds. Over 700 are known in sixty plant families. The structures of many of these fragrant compounds are determined. Although the amount of cloned genes involved in the synthesis of floral aroma compounds is constantly increasing, information on the organic chemistry and molecular biology of aroma compound synthesis remains limited. Reports of genetic engineering modification of floral scent exploitation are even rarer.