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. 2016 Jan 13;64(1):36-44.
doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b04515. Epub 2015 Nov 17.

The Omics Revolution in Agricultural Research

Jeanette M Van Emon  1
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The Omics Revolution in Agricultural Research

Jeanette M Van Emon. J Agric Food Chem. .

Abstract

The Agrochemicals Division cosponsored the 13th International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry held as part of the 248th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society in San Francisco, CA, USA, August 10-14, 2014. The topic of the Congress was Crop, Environment, and Public Health Protection; Technologies for a Changing World. Over 1000 delegates participated in the Congress with interactive scientific programming in nine major topic areas including the challenges and opportunities of agricultural biotechnology. Plenary speakers addressed global issues related to the Congress theme prior to the daily technical sessions. The plenary lecture addressing the challenges and opportunities that omic technologies provide agricultural research is presented here. The plenary lecture provided the diverse audience with information on a complex subject to stimulate research ideas and provide a glimpse of the impact of omics on agricultural research.

Keywords: agricultural research; biotech crops; genetic modifications; genomics; metabolomics; omics; plant breeding; plant transcriptomics; proteomics; transgenic crops.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares no competing financial interest.

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Figure 1
Omics research has expanded into several disciplines.
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Figure 2
Interrelationships of omic disciplines.
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Figure 3
Simplified description for making a transgenic plant that is both drought tolerant and high in nutrient content. In agriculture, the bacteria Agrobacterium tumefaciens is often used as a vector to deliver genes into plants. The bacteria are parasites with the natural ability to transfer their genes into plants.
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