The transgenic plants have been studying for more than ten years , which have some advantages including that the plants are autotrophy not requiring expensive media or strict culture conditions , and the plant viruses cannot infect human , compared with other systems such as microbe fermentation and transgenic animals 与微生物发酵、动物细胞和转基因动物等生产系统相比，转基因植物不需要昂贵的设备和严格的培养条件，具有光合自养、成本较低，植物病毒不感染人类等优点，已成为一类比较廉价和安全的生物反应器。
