Biotechnology Applications
Biotechnology Applications
Biotechnology Applications
Genetically Diagnostics
modified crops
for agriculture
Processed
food
Bioremediation
Waste
Energy treatment
production
Biotechnology: Applications
• Agro-chemical based
agriculture
• Organic agriculture
• Genetically engineered crop- Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)
or transgenic organisms are the plants,
based agriculture
bacteria, fungi & animals whose genes
are altered by manipulation.
APPLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURE
Advantages of genetic modification in plants
• It makes crops more tolerant to abiotic stresses (cold,
drought, salt, heat etc).
• Pest-resistant crops reduce use of chemical pesticides.
• It helps to reduce post harvest losses.
• It increases efficiency of mineral usage by plants (it
prevents early exhaustion of soil fertility).
• It enhances nutritional value of food. E.g. Vitamin ‘A’
enriched rice.
• GM is used to create tailor-made plants to supply
alternative resources to industries, in the form of
starches, fuels and pharmaceuticals.
APPLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURE
Pest Resistant Plants
Uses of PCR
• To detect HIV in suspected AIDS patients.
• To detect mutations in genes in cancer patients.
• To identify many other genetic disorders.
3. Biological products