PLANTBIOTECHNOLOGY

'Biotechnology' is the short form of Biological technology, often further shortened as ‘biotech' or even as ‘BT', which is neither a new concept nor a new application. Ancient fermented food processes, such as making bread, wine, cheese, curds, idli, dosa, etc., some of which are over 6,000 yr old and developed long before man had any knowledge of the existence of the micro-organisms involved, also genuinely constitute biotechnology. Conventional agriculture (animal husbandry included) is a well-developed biotechnological industry in its own right. However, for the sake of convenience, the traditional processes are excluded from the realm of ‘modern biotechnology'... In simpler words, biotechnology is the industry-scale use of organisms and/or their products. The term covers the scientific, technological and commercial aspects as well as the services rendered through them, touching almost every aspect of human wellbeing, from agriculture to therapeutics to pollution control.

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