NURSING ANM AND GNM

NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS

MICROBIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Using living organisms in a useful way to produce commercial products like pest resistant crops.
A
protein
B
bioremediation
C
forensics
D
biotechnology
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What is Agricultural Biotechnology ? Agricultural biotechnology is a range of tools, including traditional breeding techniques, that alter living organisms, or parts of organisms, to make or modify products; improve plants or animals; or develop microorganisms for specific agricultural uses.

Detailed explanation-2: -Biotechnology is technology that utilizes biological systems, living organisms or parts of this to develop or create different products. Brewing and baking bread are examples of processes that fall within the concept of biotechnology (use of yeast (= living organism) to produce the desired product).

Detailed explanation-3: -Agricultural biotechnology genetically engineers plants and animals to produce more efficient agriculture, increase nutritional value and reduce food insecurity.

Detailed explanation-4: -The three important techniques of biotechnology are: (1) Recombinant DNA Technology (Genetic Engineering) (2) Plant Tissue Culture and (3) Transgenic (Genetically Modified Organisms).

Detailed explanation-5: -Biotechnology uses living cells to develop or manipulate products for specific purposes, such as genetically modified foods.

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