introduction Flashcards
father of green revolution
Norman Ernest Borlaug
father of green revolution in India
MS Swaminathan
Who discovered RNAi in Caenorhabditis elegans
Andrew fire and Craig mellow
who discovered recombinant dna technology
Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer
Discovered dna fingerprinting
Alec Jaffrey
Three critical research areas for biotech
1) providing best catalyst
2)creating optimal conditions
3)downstream processing
Three options that can be bought for increasing food production
1)Agro chemical based agriculture
2)organic/sustainable agriculture
3)genetically engineered crop based agriculture
Increased yields in green production have been because of
better management practices (irrigation ,tilling, ploughing)
What are Genetically modified organisms (GMOS)
Plants, bacteria, fungi whose genes have been altered by manipulation.
Other term for GMOS that have one or more useful foreign genes
Transgenic crops
What has genetic modification helped with?
1) Made crops more tolerant to abiotic stresses.
2) Reduced reliance on chemical pesticides.
3) Helped to reduce post harvest losses.
Enhanced nutritional value of food (golden rice)
Why are tailor made plants created?
To supply alt resources to industries in the form of starch, fuels and pharmaceuticals.
what is Hirudin ?
Natural anti coagulant synthesized by brassica napus.
