Biology · Ch 12 — Biotechnology
Applications of Biotechnology
Applications of Biotechnology
Biotechnology is an umbrella term covering a broad spectrum of scientific applications, used across many sectors -- health and agriculture, industry, environment and genomics. Fig 12.6 organises these into six sectors radiating from the core discipline: plant biotechnology, genomics, industrial biotechnology, animal biotechnology, microbial biotechnology, and environmental biotechnology. The sections below work through th …
What this figure shows. A hub-and-spoke diagram with 'Biotechnology' at the centre and six labelled application sectors radiating from it: plant biotechnology (plant cell and tissue culture, GM crops, marker-assisted selection), genomics (whole-genome sequencing, gene function studies, reverse genetics, bioinformatics), industrial biotechnology (enzyme biotechnology, protein engineering, metabolic engineering, metabolomics), animal biotechnology (tissue culture, regenerative medicine, immunotechnology, GM animals, pharmacogenomics, gene therapy), microbial biotechnology (microbial genomics, biofertilisers, biopesticides, integrated pest management) and environmental biotechnology (pollution control, biofuels, bioremediation, biodiversity conservation). The figure …