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 language | English |
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Title of host publication | Teaching Innovations in Lipid Science |
Pages | 105-122 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781420012804 |
State | Published - 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