Question

Biotechnology has contributed all of the following to agriculture except __________.
A.
pesticides
B.
synthetic fertilizers
C.
shifting cultivation
D.
bioengineered crops

Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

A
B
C
D

Answer 1

C

Shifting cultivation is a traditional farming practice (slash-and-burn and moving plots) and not a product of biotechnology. Biotechnology has produced bioengineered crops and biopesticides, and has been applied to fertilizer development (biofertilizers), but not shifting cultivation.