The Application of Biotechnology to Orchids |
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| Authors: | M. Musharof Hossain Ravi Kant Pham Thanh Van Budi Winarto Songjun Zeng Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Botany , University of Chittagong , Chittagong , Bangladesh;2. Department of Botany , Panjab University , Chandigargh , India;3. The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Ehime University , Matsuyama , Ehime , Japan;4. Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Institute of Agricultural Genetics , Pham Van Dong Street, Co Nhue, Tu Liem , Hanoi , Vietnam;5. Tissue Culture Laboratory , Indonesian Ornamental Crops Research Institute, Sindanglaya , Pacet-Cianjur , West Java , Indonesia;6. Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Genetics and Breeding , South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences , China;7. Bioresource Production, Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture and Graduate School of Agriculture , Kagawa University , Ikenobe , Kagawa , Japan |
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| Abstract: | This review provides an informative and broad overview of orchid biotechnology, addressing several important aspects such as molecular systematics, modern breeding, in vitro morphogenesis, protoplast culture, flowering control, flower color, somaclonal variation, orchid mycorrhiza, pathogen resistance, virus diagnosis and production of virus-free plants, functional genomics, genetic transformation, conservation biotechnology and pharmaceutical biotechnology. This resource will provide valuable insight to researchers who are involved in orchid biology and floriculture, using biotechnology to advance research objectives. Producing an improved orchid through biotechnology for industrial purposes or to serve as a model plant for pure and applied sciences is well within reach and many of the current techniques and systems are already employed at the commercial production level. |
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| Keywords: | micropropagation transgenics in vitro flowering taxonomy conservation Orchidaceae |
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