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LECTURE 1Ø Definition of biotechnologyv Biotechnology is the use of biological processes, organisms, or systems to manufacture products intended to improve the quality of human.Ø Branches and its relationship to basic sciences. v Agriculture.v Animal Husbandry.v Health care (also termed as Medical Biotechnology).v Industry.v Aquaculture and Marine biotechnology.v Environmental Biotechnology.v Aquaculture and Marine biotechnology.v Environmental Biotechnology.v Bioinformatics.Ø Importance of biotechnology in crop improvement and production. v Plant breeding by utilization of molecular biotechnological tools, v Genetic improvements of foodsv Tolerance of stress in plants.v Molecular farming.v Growth/development of plants through generation.