Biotechnology definition and history

Biotechnology definition and history

 

 

 

Today biotechnogy is dominating field notonly in India but also all around the wold. According to European Federation of Biotechnology  “biotechnology as the integrated use of biochemistry, microbiology and chemical engineering to achieve the industrial application of microbes and tissue culture”.

History:
History of biotechnology is very old though at that time we do not aware about the name biotechnology. So I have listed few of historical points of biotechnology:

•As mentioned earlier, food biotechnology has been evolving for 10,000 years.

• Beginning in 2,500 B.C., Egyptians were breeding geese to make them bigger and better tasting when cooked.

• Microorganisms have been used to enhance food production since before the turn of the 20th century.