Biotechnology and crop improvement in agriculture

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Abstract

In the general sense, biotechnology is the application of technology to biological systems such as crop plants. Plant breeding can be considered a biotechnology, but when most people talk of crop biotechnology they are referring to crops genetically engineered using modern recombinant DNA techniques.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTeaching Innovations in Lipid Science
Pages105-122
Number of pages18
ISBN (Electronic)9781420012804
StatePublished - Jan 1 2007

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2007 by The American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS).

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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