Gene agriculture with human genes will become the dominant force in the 21st century

OA show ('918 '); [genetic agriculture with human genes will prevail in the 21st century] agriculture in the 21st century will have a colorful charm, its remarkable feature is the rapid rise of new agriculture based on modern science and technology According to a recent review published by the American Journal of world agriculture, the achievements of gene technology in the past 20 years have begun to enter the period of semi commercialization and commercialization, which has opened the curtain of the great change of world agricultural production According to a U.S Department of agriculture survey In the past 10 years, the investment in the development of bio agriculture in the world has increased tenfold Five years ago, the first batch of genetically modified agricultural products entered the market Five years later, the market size has jumped to 4 billion US dollars, and it is expected to reach more than 20 billion US dollars in 2003 People in the scientific and economic circles generally believe that the great development of global bio agriculture is the general trend, and the new round of agricultural green revolution with gene technology as the core will lead to the world industrial revolution with larger scale and wider influence Modern scientific and technological achievements are becoming more and more mature, and inevitably become the focus of market development in the world In fact, in recent years, many countries have begun to use gene technology to achieve the following goals Change the character of species, enhance the ability of disease and insect resistance, increase the output of crops, and improve the nutrition of crops A large number of previous experiments have confirmed that gene technology can greatly shorten the development cycle of new crop varieties It takes seven or eight years for the traditional breeding method to obtain a new plant variety However, the modification by genetic method can be shortened to two or three years, or even shorter Monsanto chemical company in the United States spent only 30 months in the laboratory to develop a new type of genetically modified color cotton 7ki (author:)