Plant biotechnology: Green for Good V 2019

David Kopecny1, Tomas Vlcko2

  • 1Centre of Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Molecular Biology Department, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic.

New Biotechnology
|February 5, 2020
PubMed
Summary

Plant science researchers met to discuss biotechnology, genetics, and biochemistry to address global food security. Key topics included plant genomics, gene-editing, and nanomaterials for sustainable agriculture.

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