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• Transgenic plant — Transgenic plants possess a gene or genes that have been transferred from a different species. Although DNA of another species can be integrated in a plant genome by natural processes, the term transgenic plants refers to plants created in a… …   Wikipedia

• Plant Genetic Systems — (PGS), since 2002 part of Bayer CropScience, is a biotech company located in Ghent, Belgium. The focus of its activities is the genetic engineering of plants. The company is best known for its work in the development of insect resistant… …   Wikipedia

• Transgenic — Having genetic material (DNA) from another species. This term can be applied to an organism that has genes from another organism. It is understood that the foreign genes are in the transgenic animal s germ cell DNA and so can be transmitted from… …   Medical dictionary

• transgenic — I. adjective Date: 1982 being or used to produce an organism or cell of one species into which one or more genes of another species have been incorporated < a transgenic mouse > < transgenic crops >; also produced by or consisting of transgenic… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• transgenic — trans|gen|ic [ ,trænz dʒenık ] adjective SCIENCE a transgenic plant or animal contains genes from a different plant or animal …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• transgenic — UK [ˌtrænzˈdʒenɪk] / US adjective biology a transgenic plant or animal contains genes from a different plant or animal that have been introduced using a laboratory technique …   English dictionary

• transgenic — [ˌtrænzˈdʒenɪk] adj science a transgenic plant or animal contains genes from a different plant or animal …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• plant disease — ▪ plant pathology Introduction       an impairment of the normal state of a plant that interrupts or modifies its vital functions.       All species of plants, wild and cultivated alike, are subject to disease. Although each species is… …   Universalium

• Transgenic maize — (corn) has been deliberately genetically modified to have agronomically desirable traits. Traits that have been engineered into corn are resistance to herbicides and incorporation of a gene that codes for the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin,… …   Wikipedia

• Plant breeding — is the art and science of changing the genetics of plants in order to produce desired characteristics.[1] Plant breeding can be accomplished through many different techniques ranging from simply selecting plants with desirable characteristics for …   Wikipedia

• transgenic — (transgenic animal or plant) An animal or plant that has gained new genetic information from the insertion of foreign DNA. It may be produced by such techniques as injecting DNA into animal eggs, electroporation of mammalian cells and plant cell… …   Dictionary of microbiology