THE ROLE OF BENZYL ADENINE IN ADVANCING GOALS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
FIROOZEH CHAMANDOOSTI *
Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran and Department of Plant Diseases, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Iran.
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Abstract
Today, the importance of plant pests and diseases and their destructive role in human life is not hidden from anyone. It is clear that the best and the safest method for plant protection is improvement plant productivity for various purpose of plant protection against plant diseases. Due to limitation of conventional plant breeding we are unavoidably turning to alternative methods. Biotechnology is a modern and powerful tool for plant improvement and food production improvement. Gene transfer and tissue culture are two important prerequisite of biotechnology. Establishment of regeneration systems for cell and plant transformed by gene transfer should be cheap and easy to access. Benzyl adenine (BA) is a plant hormone that provides cheapness and easy accessibility as we observed and examined in the case of several distinct plant species.
Keywords: Benzyleadenin, biotechnology, gene transfer, tissue culture