Genetic engineering is being used to enhance traits in horticultural crops. Present trends include improving crop traits like pest and disease resistance, reducing post-harvest losses through delayed ripening, nutritionally enhancing crops, and reducing pesticide use. Precision gene editing techniques like CRISPR-Cas9 allow for specific gene alterations. The future scope of genetic engineering in horticulture includes increasing crop yields and quality, developing disease resistance, improving climate resilience, extending shelf life, enhancing nutrition, and addressing sustainability and food security issues through novel traits and biofortification. Regulatory considerations around safety and consumer acceptance remain important.