Applications of Biotechnology engineering

The wide applications of biotechnology engineering and the first to be known are the agricultural applications which include the elimination of plant diseases, increasing the productivity or adjusting the color, taste or shape of plants. Furthermore, biotechnology engineering has contributed a lot to the environmental management through the prevention or reduction of pollutant levels in water, air and soil.

The techniques and procedures which are employed in biotechnology are more that what can be listed or counted, however, some techniques are considered as the building blocks of biotechnology engineering. The first which is considered as the heart of biotechnology is genetic engineering which is basically the rearrangement of the genetic material by inserting, deleting or changing the order of genes in an organism. Genetic engineering is the science by which recombinant technology, cloning and fingerprinting are performed.