ABSTRACT
Selective breeding and artificial selection find history some 10,000 years ago in Southwest Asia, and since then, genetic modifications through plant breeding techniques has emerged as a fascinating field to improve the crop and agriculture however, the plant breeding techniques could not evolve well enough to meet growing food demands for escalating human population. In modern times, agricultural biotechnology is offering tremendous scope and potential to provide food security through crop improvement techniques and protocols following principles of genetic engineering. Modern genetic engineering techniques have promised improved shelf life, better agronomic vigor, and pest-free traits to the field crops, and through these interventions, desirable traits have been induced in the crops. In this chapter, a comprehensive account on the use of genetic engineering in agriculture sciences has been presented.
