植物生物技术是一门由多学科综合而成的新学科，是林学及相关专业的必修课。主要讲授植物细胞工程、植物基因工程以及植物分子标记技术。通过学习使学生了解植物生物技术的原理、技术和方法，以及在林业及相应领域的实际应用。 Introduction to biotechnology is a basic course for forestry and related specialties, and also an obligatory course for students majoring in forestry. It’s a new subject composite form by a multi-disciplinary, including microbiology, biochemistry, cell biology, immunology and breeding almost all subjects relating to life sciences, especially, the latest achievements of Modern molecular biology in the theory is the basis for the development of biotechnology. The course mainly deals with the principles, techniques and methods of plant tissue culture, plant genetic engineering and construction of plant genetic markers and molecular markers. it makes students to understand biotechnology in agriculture and other fields of application and results. Through studying, it can help the students to open a door to enter the field of biotechnology, to understand the mysteries of life sciences and access to the hottest and the latest of the forefront progress in the field, at the same time to lay the foundation for the follow-up professional learning.