Agricultural development services in Philippines
Agricultural development is any technique in which living
organisms, or parts of organisms are altered to make or modify agricultural
products, to improve crops, or develop microbes for specific uses in
agricultural processes. Simply put, when the tools of biotechnology are applied
to agriculture, it is termed as "agricultural development". Genetic engineering is also a
part of agricultural biotechnology in today's world. It is now possible to
carry out genetic manipulation and transformation on almost all plant species,
including all the world's major crops.
Plant
transformation is one of the tools involved in Agricultural development services in Philippines, in which
genes are inserted into the genetic structure or genome of plants. The two most
common methods of plant transformation are Agrobacterium Transformation - methods
that use the naturally occurring bacterium; and Biolistic Transformation -
involving the use of mechanical means. Using any of these methods the preferred
gene is inserted into a plant genome and traditional breeding method followed
to transfer the new trait into different varieties of crops.
Specific herbicide
tolerant crops have been engineered which makes weed control manageable and
more efficient. Pest control has also become more reliable and effective,
eliminating the need for synthetic pesticides as crops resistant to certain
diseases and insect pests have also been engineered. Phytoremediation is the
process in which plants detoxify pollutants in the soil, or absorb and
accumulate polluting substances out of the soil. Due to Agricultural development services in
Philippines several crops have now been
genetically engineered for this purpose for safe harvest and disposal, and
improvement of soil quality.
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