HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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Which best describes biotechnology?
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a field of science that has not impacted our lives
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technological application of living and nonliving organisms to produce beneficial products
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a slowly growing field of science
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technological application of living organisms to produce beneficial products
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Biotechnology is the use of biology to develop new products, methods and organisms intended to improve human health and society. Biotechnology, often referred to as biotech, has existed since the beginning of civilization with the domestication of plants, animals and the discovery of fermentation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Biotechnology uses living cells to develop or manipulate products for specific purposes, such as genetically modified foods.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) defines biotechnology as: “any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use".
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