AGRICULTURE

BIOTECHNOLOGY

BY :
M.YUHADARSHI

Innovation And Technology.Food security..

health Promotion.Human Needs...

The application of biological knowledge &

techniques in agriculture to develop
products which are useful for society.

INTRODUCTION

Agriculture biotechnology includes a range

of tools that scientists employ to
understand and manipulate the genetic
make up of organisms for use in the
production or processing.

CONTENTS :
INTRODUCTION
Applications

of agriculture biotechnology
Improved Shell Life
Agriculture Transgenic
Virus Resistant
The Golden Rice

Applications of agriculture
biotechnology
This mainly involves manipulation in the
genetic code,Tissue culture,monoclonal
antibody preparation protoplast fusion help
in increasing yield,producing better quality
products both in plants and animal
Determination of seed viability
Overcoming seed dormancy

IMPROVED SHELL LIFE

The FLAVRSAVR tomato is the first

genetically engineered plant with delayed
ripening and increased shell-life.

Agriculture Transgenics:
Bt stands for Bacillus thuringiensis,a
bacteria that produces a toxin kills the
insects. The gene that encodes the toxin
protein was inserted into plants.
Insect resistant cotton-Bt toxin kills the
cotton boll worm
Transgene = Bt protein

Virus resistant (Malaysian

Papaya):
Occurs in nearly every region where
papaaya is grown.
IN May 1992,PRSV was discovered in
pune,the area where 95 % of papaya was
being grown.

The golden Rice :

More than one third of the
worldspopulation relies on rice as a food
staple,so rice is an attractive target for
enhancement.
Golden rice was genetically engineered to
produce high levels of beta-carotene,which
is a precursor to Vitamin A.

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