Feasibility and proposed outline of a global review of forest biotechnology

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dc.creatorForest management Division
dc.date2024-07-31T16:25:47Z
dc.date2024-07-31T16:25:47Z
dc.date2004
dc.date2017-12-05T18:30:19Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T22:37:19Z
dc.descriptionThe current working definition of biotechnolology used by the FAO refers to any means of developing or using living organisms to produce or alter or improve a product or organism for a specified purpose (UNEP 1992; Schmidt 1997), which would include prehistoric plant and animal domestication. A more current perspective specifies biotechnology having commercial applications, featuring deliberate manipulation of the genetic components of living organisms or their products (IBPGR 1991; Iowa State U niversity 1994). These definitions, although accurate for the specific purposes for which they were intended, contribute to the prevalent confusion surrounding biotechnology and in particular forest biotechnology. In some cases, biotechnology is associated with genetic modification, and in others it can be used to define a broad spectrum of modern methods applicable to forest science. We propose a compromise between the two; more specific than the former, yet less utilitarian than the latter: “t he use of the whole or targeted portions of organisms to provide quantitative information and/or desired products, including the isolation and/or manipulation of specific genetic components of that organism”.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/258094
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relationForest Genetic Resources Working Papers
dc.rightsFAO
dc.titleFeasibility and proposed outline of a global review of forest biotechnology
dc.titleFeasibility and proposed outline of a global review of forest biotechnology
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