BOTANY
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Increasing the amount of time it takes for crops to grow.
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Growing vaccines and other plant-produced drugs.
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Improving the yield and quality of food.
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Growing plants without water or oxygen.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Agricultural Biotechnology is the use of new scientific techniques based on our understanding of DNA to improve crops and livestock that are not possible with conventional breeding alone. This can be achieved in part by modern molecular plant breeding techniques such as marker-assisted selection (MAS).
Detailed explanation-2: -Biotechnology has helped to increase crop productivity by introducing such qualities as disease resistance and increased drought tolerance to the crops. Now, research ers can select genes for disease resistance from other species and transfer them to important crops.
Detailed explanation-3: -Biotech crops can make farming more profitable by increasing crop quality and may in some cases increase yields. The use of some of these crops can simplify work and improve safety for farmers. This allows farmers to spend less of their time managing their crops and more time on other profitable activities.