Plant breeding is primarily concerned with improving crop genetics through hybridization, screening, and selection of advance lines. Traditional methods produce advanced cultivars with desirable features but take longer (6 to 12 years) to accomplish. Biotechnology technologies advance breeding procedures by shortening the time it takes to obtain improved variants. Plant tissue culture, transgenic techniques, and molecular breeding procedures can be used to advance varietals in addition to traditional ways. Fruit crop improvement through biotechnology is primarily concerned with protoplast fusion to produce somatic hybrids, gene transfer to produce genetically modified organisms, and the use of DNA markers to select traits of interest. With modern biotechnology methods, new varieties with improved biotic and abiotic stress resistance can be created in less time and with greater precision.