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Recognizing Biotechnology
Which examples are of biotechnology in agriculture?
Bananas can be picked long before they are ripe and then sprayed with chemicals to ripen them.
Corn can be grown organically.
Corn can be grown with a gene that makes it resistant to pesticides.
Tomatoes can be developed with vaccines.
Wheat can be grown with higher vitamin contents.
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Biotechnology examples: 3, 4 and 5.
- Corn with a gene making it resistant to pesticides — yes: that’s genetic engineering (e.g., Bt or herbicide‑tolerant crops).
- Tomatoes developed to deliver vaccines — yes: an example of plant biotechnology (transgenic plants expressing vaccine antigens, aka “edible vaccines”).
- Wheat grown with higher vitamin content — yes when achieved by genetic engineering or modern biotechnical methods (biofortification).
Not biotechnology:
- Bananas picked unripe and chemically ripened — post‑harvest handling/chemical treatment, not biotech.
- Corn grown organically — an agricultural/production system that does not use genetic engineering.
- Corn with a gene making it resistant to pesticides — yes: that’s genetic engineering (e.g., Bt or herbicide‑tolerant crops).
- Tomatoes developed to deliver vaccines — yes: an example of plant biotechnology (transgenic plants expressing vaccine antigens, aka “edible vaccines”).
- Wheat grown with higher vitamin content — yes when achieved by genetic engineering or modern biotechnical methods (biofortification).
Not biotechnology:
- Bananas picked unripe and chemically ripened — post‑harvest handling/chemical treatment, not biotech.
- Corn grown organically — an agricultural/production system that does not use genetic engineering.
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