Uses of

Biotechnology in
the field of
Agriculture
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DEVELOPING BETTER CROPS WITH
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Developing better crops is a significant
aspect of biotechnology. But what is
meant by "better?" Crops that are
resistant to damage from insects or
droughts? Crops that taste better? Crops
that last longer? Crops that can grow
anywhere? How do you feed over
7,000,000,000 people? With biotechnology.
Crops developed with biotechnology must
have a significant role in the world's future.
 HISTORY
Farmers have manipulated plants and
animals through selective breeding for tens
of thousands of years in order to create
desired traits. In the 20th century, a surge in
technology resulted in an increase in
agricultural biotechnology through the
selection of traits like increased yield, pest
resistance, drought resistance, and
The first food product produced
through biotechnology was sold in
1990, and by 2003, 7 million
farmers were utilizing biotech
crops. More than 85% of these
farmers were located in
Applications of DNA Technology:
Agriculture
Biotechnology has many other useful
applications besides those that are
medically related. Many of these are in
agriculture and food science. These
include the development of transgenic
crops - the placement of genes into plants
to give the crop a beneficial trait.
 BENEFITS INCLUDE:
• Improved yield from crops.
• Reduced vulnerability of crops to
environmental stresses.
• Increased nutritional qualities of food
crops.Production of vaccines.
• Improved taste, texture or appearance of food.
• Reduced dependence on fertilizers,
pesticides and other agrochemicals.
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• Traditional breeding
Traditional crossbreeding has been used
for centuries to improve crop quality and
quantity. Crossbreeding mates two
sexually compatible species to create a
new and special variety with the desired
traits of the parents.
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• Mutagenesis can occur randomly in the

DNA of any organism. Mutagenesis uses
radioactivity to induce random mutations in
the hopes of stumbling upon the desired trait.
• Polyploidy can be induced to modify the
number of chromosomes in a crop in order
to influence its fertility or size.
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• Protoplast fusion is the joining of cells

or cell components to transfer traits
between speRNA interference Edit
• RNA interference (RNAIi) to stop the
synthesis of proteins, effectively silencing
a gene.cies.
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• Transgenics involves the insertion of

one piece of DNA into another organism's
DNA in order to introduce a new gene(s)
into the original organism. This addition
of genes into an organism's genetic
material creates a new variety with
desired traits.
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• Genome editing is the use of an enzyme

system to modify the DNA directly within
the cell. Used to develop herbicide
resistant canola to help farmers control
weeds.
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• Protoplast fusion is the joining of cells

or cell components to transfer traits
between species.
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