Genetic engineering is a powerful tool to manipulate the genome of an organism for it to produce a new trait(s) or to change its existing trait(s). Plant genetic engineering involves procedures like gene isolation, characterization, modifi cation and, eventually, introduction and expression of the gene in the transgenic plant. It covers the fi elds of tissue culture, cell biology, molecular biology and plant gene transfer (plant transformation). Plant transformation is now a core research tool in modifying the genetic traits for improving plants. Basically, transformation is merely the transfer of a gene(s) into a plant cell and then regenerating the transgenic cell into a plant. The ultimate objective is to regenerate a normal fertile plant with the new trait(s).

Main Research: Dayang Izawati Abang Masli