Recent Advancement in Plant Biotechnology to Mitigate Concurrent and Emerging Challenges in Crop Improvements

Abstract

Both climate change and an increasing population present significant challenges to worldwide food security. Traditional agriculture alone cannot meet the increasing demands, especially when global food production must rise by at least seventy-five percent in less than forty years. Plant biotechnology will play a significant role in sustainably improving crops; the emergence of recent advancements in plant biotechnology, including genotyping by sequencing and genome editing, marker-assisted selection, and tissue culture are just a few examples of tools that will help improve crop resilience, yield, and adaptation to the environment. The future of agriculture lies in combining biotechnology with traditional agriculture so it can deal with ongoing and future challenges. Most importantly, this paper states that biotechnology will be transformative in addressing food security and environmental sustainability challenges when faced with ever-decreasing resources and changing climate.