Plant Biotechnology

Plant Biotechnology
The word biotechnology was used in 1917 Karl Erkey to describe processes using living organisms to make a product or run a process, such as industrial fermentations.
Biotechnology began when humans started to plant their own crops, domesticated animals, ferment juice into wine, make cheese and bread.
Biotechnology explores the metabolic properties of living organisms for the production of valuable products of a very different structural and organizational level.
Plant serves as an important source of primary & secondary metabolites used in pharmacy, biotechnology & food technology.
Helped in augmenting the quality of agriculture horticultural, ornamental plant and in manipulating the plants for improved agronomic performance.
Plant tissue culture is the most popular technique of plant biotechnology.
Branches
Blue biotech: Aquatic applications of biotech
Green biotech: Agricultural applications
Red biotech: Medical applications
White biotech: Industrial applications