Molecular Breeding for Plant Disease Resistance : Prospects and Problems

  • Park, Hyo-Guen (Laboratory of Horticultural Crops Breeding, Division of Plant Sciences, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2001.02.01

Abstract

The technique of plant transformation has started to show off its great power in the area of plant breeding by commercially successful introduction of transgenic varieties such as herbicide tolerant soybean and insect resistant corn in USA with an unimaginable speed. However, in contrast with the great success in the commercialization of herbicide tolerance and insect resistance, the transformation works on disease resistance has not yet reached the stage of full commercialization. This review surveys the current status of molecular breeding for plant disease resistance and their limits and problems. Some novel ideas and approaches in molecular breeding for disease resistance are introduced.

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