HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
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finding evidence of crimes
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making new medicines to cure sicknesses
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discovering the cause of hereditary diseases
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breeding better varieties of crops and livestock
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Detailed explanation-1: -Biotechnology involves using living organisms in the production of food and medicine. It dates back several thousand years to when people inadvertently discovered the usefulness of one-celled organisms like yeasts and bacteria. The ancient Egyptians, for example, used yeast to brew beer and to bake bread.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first agricultural biotechnology product developed for human use was the Flavr Savr tomato produced in 1987 by Calgene of Davis, California. Scientists at Calgene modified the tomato so that it ripened very slowly while maintaining its taste.
Detailed explanation-3: -Humans have used traditional ways to modify crops and animals to suit their needs and tastes for more than 10, 000 years. Cross-breeding, selective breeding, and mutation breeding are examples of traditional ways to make these changes.