OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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Improvements in biotech help plants become more disease resistant and insect resistant, increasing farmers’ profits
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Biotech research leads to a decreasing need for traditional food sources as more synthetic foods are created in labs
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which describes a beneficial relationship between biotechnology and North Carolina farmers? Improvements in biotechnology help plants become more disease and insect resistant, increasing farmers’ profits.
Detailed explanation-2: -How is Agricultural Biotechnology being used? Biotechnology provides farmers with tools that can make production cheaper and more manageable. For example, some biotechnology crops can be engineered to tolerate specific herbicides, which make weed control simpler and more efficient.
Detailed explanation-3: -It has the potential to produce more food, fiber and commodities at lower cost and with less environmental impact.
Detailed explanation-4: -The pest-resistant crop can be produced by this process which also reduces the load of chemical pesticides and thus protects the environment, for example, Bt cotton. Disease-resistant crops can be produced by this method which is capable of handling environmental stress like drought, changing temperature, etc.