Latin America : a hub for agrobiotechnological innovations
Background: Modern biotechnology is one of the last century’s major advances in human science. Particularly in the agronomical field, the landscape of crop improvement technologies has witnessed a great expansion, driven by the integration of molecular and genetic engineering methodologies into the...
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| author | Segretin, Maria Eugenia Soto, Gabriela Cynthia Lorenzo, Christian Damian |
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| description | Background: Modern biotechnology is one of the last century’s major advances in human science. Particularly in the agronomical field, the landscape of crop improvement technologies has witnessed a great expansion, driven by the integration of molecular and genetic engineering methodologies into the breeding toolbox. Latin America (LATAM) serves as a pioneering region in incorporating such techniques with several countries swiftly embracing these technologies.
Scope: This review aims to give a comprehensive overview of the elements that influenced agrobiotech acceptance in LATAM countries and how such cases could provide support for upcoming technologies to be considered worldwide.
Conclusions: Nearly 50 years of biotech breakthroughs have provided humankind with an impressive portfolio of tools already integrated into several life-science areas. The agronomical field has greatly progressed thanks to technologies derived from genetically modified organisms and great promises are being made to also incorporate genome-editing products. LATAM provides a prime example of how early introduction of novelties in the crop production chain can result in improved yields, paving the way for future developments to be easily integrated into the technological ecosystem of a region. The example set by LATAM can also be useful for the present gene-editing regulatory scenario. With several countries presently on the path to approving these methods in their current crop systems, basing their next steps on the example of LATAM could represent a safe and practical pathway towards a new agronomical revolution. |
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| spelling | INTA231412025-07-24T10:21:05Z Latin America : a hub for agrobiotechnological innovations Segretin, Maria Eugenia Soto, Gabriela Cynthia Lorenzo, Christian Damian Biotechnology Genetically Modified Organisms Gene Editing Transgenics Latin America Biotecnología Organismo Modificado Genéticamente Edición de Genes Transgénicos América Latina Background: Modern biotechnology is one of the last century’s major advances in human science. Particularly in the agronomical field, the landscape of crop improvement technologies has witnessed a great expansion, driven by the integration of molecular and genetic engineering methodologies into the breeding toolbox. Latin America (LATAM) serves as a pioneering region in incorporating such techniques with several countries swiftly embracing these technologies. Scope: This review aims to give a comprehensive overview of the elements that influenced agrobiotech acceptance in LATAM countries and how such cases could provide support for upcoming technologies to be considered worldwide. Conclusions: Nearly 50 years of biotech breakthroughs have provided humankind with an impressive portfolio of tools already integrated into several life-science areas. The agronomical field has greatly progressed thanks to technologies derived from genetically modified organisms and great promises are being made to also incorporate genome-editing products. LATAM provides a prime example of how early introduction of novelties in the crop production chain can result in improved yields, paving the way for future developments to be easily integrated into the technological ecosystem of a region. The example set by LATAM can also be useful for the present gene-editing regulatory scenario. With several countries presently on the path to approving these methods in their current crop systems, basing their next steps on the example of LATAM could represent a safe and practical pathway towards a new agronomical revolution. Instituto de Genética Fil: Segretin, Maria Eugenia. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular (INGEBI). Laboratorio de Biotecnología Vegetal; Argentina Fil: Segretin, Maria Eugenia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Segretin, Maria Eugenia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular; Argentina Fil: Soto, Gabriela Cynthia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Soto, Gabriela Cynthia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Genética; Argentina Fil: Lorenzo, Christian Damian. Ghent University. Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics; Bélgica Fil: Lorenzo, Christian Damian. Center for Plant Systems Biology; Bélgica 2025-07-24T10:16:56Z 2025-07-24T10:16:56Z 2025-04 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/23141 https://academic.oup.com/aob/article/135/4/629/7848661 0305-7364 https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae191 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Oxford University Press Annals of Botany 135 (4) : 629-641 (April 2025) |
| spellingShingle | Biotechnology Genetically Modified Organisms Gene Editing Transgenics Latin America Biotecnología Organismo Modificado Genéticamente Edición de Genes Transgénicos América Latina Segretin, Maria Eugenia Soto, Gabriela Cynthia Lorenzo, Christian Damian Latin America : a hub for agrobiotechnological innovations |
| title | Latin America : a hub for agrobiotechnological innovations |
| title_full | Latin America : a hub for agrobiotechnological innovations |
| title_fullStr | Latin America : a hub for agrobiotechnological innovations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Latin America : a hub for agrobiotechnological innovations |
| title_short | Latin America : a hub for agrobiotechnological innovations |
| title_sort | latin america a hub for agrobiotechnological innovations |
| topic | Biotechnology Genetically Modified Organisms Gene Editing Transgenics Latin America Biotecnología Organismo Modificado Genéticamente Edición de Genes Transgénicos América Latina |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/23141 https://academic.oup.com/aob/article/135/4/629/7848661 https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae191 |
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