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外文翻译 原文 Genetic Engineering In Floriculture Material Source: Plant Cell Tissue And Organ Culture Author:John Mason Flower is a kind of special product that attracts people widely, and as a morning industry of the new century, flower industry is a kind of green industry that embodies economic, social, and ecologic benefit. The world has entered a relatively stable stage since the World War II, and flower industry has also developed rapidly in the world with the recovery and development of economy. It has been a new and vigorous industry that greatly attracts both developed countries and developing countries. A serious competition to flower market has begun with economic globalization. Both flower manufacturing countries and export countries are trying their best to optimize the nature resources and human resources, especially to expand the market according to the principle of benefit maximization on the basis of focusing on information resources and variety resources. The global cut flower industry exceeds US$27billion in annual retail sales (Chandler, 2003) and thrives on novelty. Cut flowers make up about one-third of the value of the global ornamental horticulture market. Domestication of wild species in conjunction with classical breeding has long been the principle route to generation of novelty in the industry. More recently genetic engineering has opened the door to further development of novelty. This is best demonstrated in the ‘Moon’ series transgenic carnations marketed in North America, Australia and Japan. These carnations are the world’s first genetically engineered commercial flowers having appeared some 10 years after the first reports of success in the genetic manipulation of flower color through plant transformation (Meyer et al., 1987). The considerable activity in this area is likely to generate more products, including potted flowering plants, in the not too distant future. Whilst modification of flower color is an obvious means of creating no