Bioinformatics encompasses many tools and techniques that today are essential for all areas of research in the biological sciences. New databases with a wealth of information about genomes, proteins, metabolites, and metabolic pathways appear almost daily. Particularly, for scientists who carry out research in plant biology, the amount of information has multiplied exponentially due to the large number of databases available for many individual plant species. In this sense, bioinformatics together with next generation sequencing and 'omics' approaches, can provide tools for plant breeding and the genetic engineering of plants. In addition, these technologies enable a better understanding of the processes and mechanisms that can lead to plants with increased tolerance to different abiotic stress conditions and resistance to pathogen attack, as well as the development of crop varieties with improved nutritional quality of seeds and fruits.

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生物信息学在植物生物技术中的应用。

生物信息学包含许多工具和技术，这些工具和技术如今对于生物科学研究的所有领域都是必不可少的。几乎每天都会出现包含大量关于基因组、蛋白质、代谢物和代谢途径信息的新数据库。特别是对于从事植物生物学研究的科学家来说，由于许多单个植物物种的大量数据库可用，信息量成倍增加。从这个意义上说，生物信息学与下一代测序和“组学”方法一起，可以为植物育种和植物基因工程提供工具。此外，这些技术能够更好地理解可导致植物对不同非生物胁迫条件和对病原体攻击的抵抗力增强的过程和机制，