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March, 2007
Source:
Plant Biotechnology Journal
Volume 5 Issue 2 Page 221 - March 2007
To cite this article: Philippe Vain (2007)
Thirty years of plant transformation technology development
Plant Biotechnology Journal 5 (2), 221–229.
doi:10.1111/j.1467-7652.2006.00225.x
Thirty years of plant
transformation technology development
Philippe Vain
John Innes Centre, Crop Genetics Department, Norwich Research
Park, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
SUMMARY
Technology development is seminal to many aspects of basic and
applied plant transgenic science. Through the development and
commercialization of genetically modified crops, the evolution
of plant transgenic technologies is also relevant to society as
a whole. In this study, literature statistics were used to
uncover trends in the development of these technologies.
Publication volume and impact (citation) over the past 30 years
were analysed with respect to economic zones, countries, species
and DNA delivery method. This revealed that, following a
dramatic expansion in the 1980s, publications focusing on the
development of transgenic technology have been slowing down
worldwide since the early mid-1990s, except in a few leading
Asian countries. The implications of these trends on the future
of plant transgenic science as a whole are discussed.
Full article for subscribers:
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-7652.2006.00225.x
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