Green Biotechnology

Topics
What is green
biotechnology?
History of green
biotechnology
Aims of plant
biotechnology
Applications
green
biotechnology
Benefits

Green Biotechnology
which is commonly known Plant
Biotechnology . Which applied to agricultural
processes produce more environmentally
friendly solutions alternative to traditional
industrial agriculture.

History of Green biotechnology
Plant biotechnology is founded from
the Cell Theory of Schleiden and
Schwann to biotech crops & the
principles of cellular totipotency and
genetic transformation in bacteria
by Frederick Griffith

Aims of green biotechnology
Tackle food
Plants for
security
fuels
issues
Reduce the
environment
al footprint
of industry

Application of green biotechnology
The application refer to of genetic
engineering .
Plant tissue culture:
A technique lets whole plants
produce from minute amounts of
plant parts like the roots or even
just a single plant cell under
laboratory conditions. Example
products in Kenya include banana
and Irish potato.

Plant molecular marker assisted breeding:
A technique uses molecular
markers to select a specific
trait of interest yield and
linked to it. E.g. maize that is
tolerant to drought and maize
streak virus.
Plant genetic engineering:
The selective and transfer of
beneficial gene(s) from one to
another to create new
improved crops. Examples
cotton, sweet potato.

Bio fertilizers and bio pesticides:
farmers are using bio fertilizers and bio
pesticides to reap more benefits and avoid the
chemical pesticides having pollutants India
10%saving through the use of bio fertilizers.
Plants for bio-energy:
Plants are used a bit for the production of
different biofuels, such as biodiesel or bio-
ethanol. Like Wood –the cellulose and
hemicellulose in wood – can be converted to
bio-ethanol

Hybridization:
scientists exploit s the fact that
some offspring from the progeny of
a cross between two known
parents would be better than the
parents example hybrid corns.
Example of green biotechnology
Biotech cotton : Some
biotechnology companies are using
the soil bacterium bacillus
thuringiensis (Bt), to produce a Bt-
toxin gene to splice into cotton. The
toxin Eats into the gut of pests and
kills them.

Green Biotechnology and Climate
Change:
Green biotechnology playing role to fight
climate change.
Greenhouse gas reduction by crop
adaptation to climate change and
population growth. Contribute positively
by reducing CO2 emissions increase as
their cultivation.

Future with green biotechnology
1. Increasing food production: around
800 million people worldwide suffer
from hunger. the world’s population
will grow to 8.1Billion by 2030. Must
increase in production by
Biotechnology can improve the global
food situation .
2. • improvement and the production
of new products with new traits like
(drought)

3. Food enhancement by enhancement in vital nutrients
such as protein and vitamins This food is safer than
conventional food because it is tested
4. improvement in health & safety standards, and less
environment pollution.
5. Biotechnology has even greater potential productivity

Prepared by :
 Menna T-Allah Ahmed