NEETZoologyBiotechnology and Its Applications
What are some applications of biotechnology?
Options
- AFood production and health.
- BTherapeutics, diagnostics, and genetically modified crops for agriculture.
- CProcessed food, bioremediation, and waste treatment.
- DEnergy production and biocontrol.
Correct answer
B. Therapeutics, diagnostics, and genetically modified crops for agriculture.
Step-by-step solution
Biotechnology, as you would have learnt from the previous chapter, essentially deals with industrial scale production of biopharmaceuticals and biologicals using genetically modified microbes, fungi, plants and animals. The applications of biotechnology include therapeutics, diagnostics, genetically modified crops for agriculture, processed food, bioremediation, waste treatment, and energy production. Three critical research areas of biotechnology are: (i) Providing the best catalyst in the form of improved organis