Biotic and Abiotic Stressors In Plant Molecular Breeding vis-à-vis Sustainable Molecular Farming Strategies For Food Security: Threats, Opportunities and Challenges Ahead in Indian Perspectives

Biological Sciences

We are currently in the midst of the “GOLDEN AGE” of plant biology rather to say “PLANT SCIENCES”. Our sincere thanks be extended to the stimulus and support provided by the widespread inventions and applications of empowered techniques from all other interdisciplinary branches of science (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Statistics etc) to plant scientists. We the plant biologists can now boast of claiming us as “the ablest” to elucidate and solve the hardcore challenges of ‘crop science’. In today’s world every nation has been revamping their present modus operandi to save the biodiversity resources. Biodiversity caters the feedstock for the biotechnology industries in all countries. Though the developed countries are rich in formulating the research methodologies automatically seek the resources, to supplement their demands, from the third world countries. Obviously serious debates and confrontations are getting mightier which only can and must be resolved amicably irrespective of all sorts of compulsions. This paper aims to explore the key issues raising a current debate for the protection of plant varieties, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), unethical access of biological resources by various multinational companies without prior informed consent (PIC) and no benefit sharing with the concerned communities along with mindless exploitation of wild flora and fauna have become a serious threat for our rich agro-biodiversity, agricultural systems, ecology, soil fertility etc. Positive steps should be taken to arrest the present disturbing trend assuring food security for all.

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