In China, the cell culture of plants such as ginseng and corydalis began in the 1970s, and a large number of cells of plants such as ginseng, Arnebia euchroma, Artemisia annua, Scrophularia, Coptis chinensis and Taxus chinensis began to be cultivated in the 1980s. However, there are still some problems to be solved urgently, such as high cost, poor stability of cultured cell lines, and lack of systematic and effective research on the regulation of metabolic pathways and many secondary metabolites.
Once these problems are solved, its industrialization prospect is very attractive. In addition, biological nitrogen fixation, ultra-low temperature germplasm preservation, male sterility and heterosis utilization, biological pesticides and biological control research, molecular marker-assisted breeding, rice genome project research, new sweeteners research and so on. , is also the research hotspot of biotechnology at present, and has made gratifying progress. Plant biotechnology has become a bridge between plant molecular biology and plant genetic engineering technology to practical application.
It can be predicted that it will play a greater role in the process of mutual cooperation, mutual penetration and mutual penetration with other life sciences. Judging from the latest progress and application of modern biotechnology, modern biotechnology is widely used and goes deep into all aspects of our lives.