Objectives - Basic Biotechnology
After completing Nutrition Basic Biotechnology, you should be able to:
- Describe one similarity between traditional cross-breeding and genetic engineering of plants.
- Give two limitations that are encountered with traditional cross-breeding of plants.
- Explain why genetic engineering is not limited in the same way as traditional cross-breeding.
- Define biotechnology in broad terms.
- List three plant applications of biotechnology.
- List the three areas of nutritional profiles that have been improved with biotechnology.
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Development of this lesson was supported in part by USDA Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (IFAFS) and the Cooperative State Research, Education, & Extension Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture under Agreement Number 00-52100-9710. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.