Segretin Maria Eugenia, Soto Gabriela Cynthia, Lorenzo Christian Damian
Laboratorio de Biotecnología Vegetal, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular-INGEBI-CONICET, Vuelta de Obligado 2490, C1428ADN, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Intendente Güiraldes 2160, Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C1428EGA, Argentina.
Ann Bot. 2025 Mar 13;135(4):629-642. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcae191.
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.
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.
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.
现代生物技术是上个世纪人类科学的重大进展之一。特别是在农业领域，由于分子和基因工程方法融入育种工具箱，作物改良技术的格局有了很大扩展。拉丁美洲（拉美）是采用此类技术的先驱地区，有几个国家迅速接受了这些技术。
本综述旨在全面概述影响拉美国家农业生物技术接受度的因素，以及这些案例如何为全球即将出现的技术提供支持。
近50年的生物技术突破为人类提供了一系列令人印象深刻的工具，这些工具已融入多个生命科学领域。得益于转基因生物衍生的技术，农业领域取得了巨大进展，人们也对纳入基因组编辑产品寄予厚望。拉美提供了一个很好的例子，说明在作物生产链中尽早引入新事物如何能够提高产量，为未来的发展轻松融入一个地区的技术生态系统铺平道路。拉美树立的榜样对当前的基因编辑监管情况也可能有用。目前有几个国家正朝着在其现有作物系统中批准这些方法的方向前进，以拉美为榜样制定下一步计划可能是迈向新的农业革命的安全且切实可行的途径。
