Currently most seed companies in the world still cling to traditional breeding, because with the exception of several large conglomerates like Monsanto which create proprietary crops of soy, corn, cotton and potatoes through genetic engineering, the technology remains immature within other companies.
目前全球大部分種苗公司仍沿用傳統育種，因為除了大型集團如「孟山都」有大豆、玉米、棉花、馬鈴薯等作物的基因轉殖技術可商品化外，其他的都還不夠成熟。