agriculture
agriculture = farming
Industrial strength fibers
Spider silk is the strongest fiber know to man
Goats can produce the fiber that is in the spider silk
Vaccines
Oral Vaccines have been in the works for many years as a possible solution for diseases
* Genetically modified fruits and vegetables are designed to be antigenic
* Plant are used to produce antibiotics for humans and animals
Biofuel
*techniques are used to create better quality feedstock
*scientist are trying to create Bio-oil bio-diesel bio-ethanol
Plants and Animals breeding
Enhancing plant and animals traits by traditional methods like cross Pollination,Grafting,Cross breeding is to time consuming biotech is making it faster and easier.
Pest Resistant Crops
In 1999 controversy emerged over Bt corn because of a study that suggested the pollen migrated onto milkweed where it killed monarch larvae that ate it.
GMO
scientist are creating food that have all the proteins to fight diseases
antibiotic resistance
20% of the earth is arable land but some crops have genetically altered
to make them more tolerant to these conditions so crops can grow in different places now.