Future possibilities
In addition to their major use as a food source, plants are also important to the global environment - they provide oxygen, fuel, shelter, clothing and medicines. Thus plant genomics could have far-reaching and powerful impact.
Pictures Taken From Exhibit Panels: U.S. Botanic Gardens, Washington, D.C. (June-August 2003), http://www.mountain.org/work/resedu/usbg02.html
Plants can even be used as a source of raw materials for plastics and to process waste products such as sewage (Meagher, 2000; Pyper, 2003).
