Food & Agriculture Advancements in Biotechnology

Question 1

Yeast was used to make bread in Egypt.

Answer 1

2000 B.C.

Question 2

Production of cheese in Sumeria, China & Egypt.

Answer 2

2000 B.C.

Question 3

The Greeks practice crop rotation to increase soil fertility

Answer 3

250B.C.

Question 4

Chinese use powdered chrysanthemum as an insecticide

Answer 4

100 B.C.

Question 5

Chlorophyll is discovered

Answer 5

1817

Question 6

Justus von Liebig publishes Organic Chemistry in its Application to Agriculture and Physiology. He proposed that plants need nitrogen along with water and organic material to survive.

Answer 6

1840

Question 7

The Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Company – Largest producer of hybrid corn seed.

Answer 7

1926

Question 8

The fermentation process is perfected

Answer 8

1956

Question 9

Roundup Herbicide was founded

Answer 9

early 1970’s

Question 10

In the year ___

Advanced Genetic Sciences Inc . (AGS) – was the first-ever agricultural biotechnology company

Answer 10

1979

Question 11

In the year ___

Molecular Genetics, Inc. was established to develop vaccines and antitoxins to improve animal health.

Answer 11

1979

Question 12

In the year ___

Rob Horsch made genetic modifications to plant cells.

Answer 12

1982

Question 13

In the year ___

Frostban – a genetically altered bacterium that inhibits frost formation on crops.

Answer 13

1987

Question 14

In the year ___

The gene gun was invented

Answer 14

1987

Question 15

rBST – FDA approves the use of rBST to increase milk production in dairy cows.

Answer 15

1993

Question 16

The FlavrSavr tomato – First genetically-modified food to be approved for sale and human consumption. It was engineered to resist rotting.

Answer 16

1994

Question 17

Dolly the Sheep – First animal cloned from an adult somatic cell

Answer 17

1996

Question 18

Bioengineered Crops Roundup Ready soybeans® and Bollguard® cotton

Answer 18

1996

Question 19

Golden Rice was developed by German plant scientists Ingo Potrykus and Peter Beyer to combat vitamin A deficiency, the leading cause of childhood blindness.

Answer 19

1999

Question 20

China’s “Super Rice” Increases crop yield by 30% - 40%

Answer 20

2001