CELL SELECTION AS A MODERN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL DIRECTION FOR OBTAINING TOBACCO VARIANTS RESISTANT TO UNFAVOURABLE CLIMATE CONDITIONS

On 26 November, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) published its annual report on emissions into the Earth's atmosphere, prepared by 57 leading representatives of 33 research institutes from 25 countries. The authors of the report predict a 1.5-20% increase in global temperature by 2100. A 20 per cent rise in global temperature will bring hunger, poverty and floods to millions of people around the world. Recipes for preventing the effects of global warming have long been well known: improving energy efficiency and switching to renewable energy. At the same time, it is also pointed out that the global cost of combating warming will amount to USD 1.6-3.8 trillion annually. Therefore, the development and dissemination of various biological approaches to obtaining stress-resistant plants is a priority and relevant. This is especially true for cereals, including wheat. The importance of wheat as a human food and valuable animal feed is undeniable.

The production of genetically modified plant forms follows a well-established algorithm and is therefore a biological technology.