{"id":290,"date":"2020-03-19T12:11:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T12:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biovegen.org\/?page_id=290"},"modified":"2023-10-30T16:11:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T15:11:18","slug":"que-es-la-biotecnologia-vegetal-y-su-importancia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biovegen.org\/en\/biovegen\/que-es-la-biotecnologia-vegetal-y-su-importancia\/","title":{"rendered":"What is plant biotechnology and its importance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is meant by plant biotechnology?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"807\" height=\"458\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18394 lazyload\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.762008733624454;width:539px;height:auto\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/biovegen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Biotecnologia-vegetal.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/biovegen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Biotecnologia-vegetal.png 807w, https:\/\/biovegen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Biotecnologia-vegetal-600x341.png 600w, https:\/\/biovegen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Biotecnologia-vegetal-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/biovegen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Biotecnologia-vegetal-768x436.png 768w\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Plant biotechnology is defined as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cApplication of science and technology to plants, their parts, products and models, in order to alter living or inert materials for the development of knowledge, goods and services\u201d (OECD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cTechnologies based on plant biotechnology\u201d (BIOVEGEN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What applications does plant biotechnology have?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Improvement of varieties based on characters of agronomic interest:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Productivity (resistance to biotic stress: pests, viruses, pathogens; tolerance to abiotic stress: drought, salinity..., tolerance to herbicides. Plant-soil interaction, nutrient absorption, improved metabolism, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nutritional improvement: vitamin enrichment, better taste, nutraceutical foods.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Post-harvest physiology (delay in fruit ripening)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Food processing, IV range<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improvement of ornamentals: structure, size, color, smell, absence of fruit...<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phytoremediation: removal of contaminants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biofuels: bioenergy crops (1st, 2nd, 3rd generation)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biofactories: biopolymers, therapeutic proteins, biodegradable plastics, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exploitation of natural diversity and protection of biodiversity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Productivity, quality, sustainability, new applications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>BIOVEGEN and Plant Biotechnology<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class='wpo_youtube_preview_container'><img src=\"https:\/\/biovegen.org\/wp-content\/cache\/wpo-youtube-thumbnails\/pfRn-s1Qaek-sddefault.jpg\" class=\"wpo_youtube_preview\" data-video-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pfRn-s1Qaek?feature=oembed\" alt=\"YouTube thumbnail\" data-iframe-attr=\"{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;BIOVEGEN - Spanish Technology Platform for Plant Biotechnology&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:&quot;281&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/embed\\\/pfRn-s1Qaek?feature=oembed&quot;,&quot;frameborder&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;allow&quot;:&quot;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot;,&quot;referrerpolicy&quot;:&quot;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&quot;,&quot;allowfullscreen&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"\/><span class=\"wpo_youtube_preview_overlay\"><img src=\"https:\/\/biovegen.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-optimize-premium\/images\/icon\/icons8-youtube-96.svg\" alt=\"YouTube icon\"\/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/biovegen.org\/actividades\/agenda-estrategica-de-innovacion\/documento-de-vision-biovegen\/\">BIOVEGEN Vision<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is meant by plant biotechnology? Plant biotechnology is defined as: What applications does plant biotechnology have? Productivity, quality, sustainability, new applications BIOVEGEN and Plant Biotechnology<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-290","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biovegen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biovegen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biovegen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biovegen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biovegen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biovegen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/290\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biovegen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biovegen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biovegen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}