Emerging Technologies

Making it Possible

• Agriculture Technology is an Applied Science.• It has expanded at a rapid rate since the

beginning of recorded history.

• “Snowball Effect”- Growth

Global Positioning System

• GPS- Technology that uses satellites to view specific

fields and crops

- How is works demonstration.

Purpose…

- NOW we are not concerned with the (Amount of land) but the quality of land- 1 field can contain 3 or 4 different soil types- Differ in: fertility, drainage, organic content,

nitrogen level- Instead of making a cure for 1 field we can treat

different parts of a field differently using the GPS

Genetic Engineering

The practice of modifying the heredity of an organism by inserting new genes from other organism into the recipient organisms chromosome structure.

Examples

• Transfer a Single Gene• Transfer to a totally unrelated plant• Making Hybrid from plants that cannot be cross

pollinated• Producing disease=resistant plants• Producing plants that are toxic to insects but not

humans• Producing crops that are tolerant of herbicides.

Gene Splicing

• Gene Mapping- The process of finding and recording the location of genes in a chromosome

• Gene Splicing- The process of removing a gene from its location on a chromosome and replacing it with another gene

Cloning

Process of creating genetically identical organisms

Cloning Plants

Tissue Culture=The development of roots, stems, and leaves from callus tissue using a solution containing nutrients and hormones.

Embryo Splitting

Form of cloning that is accomplished by dividing a growing embryo into equal parts using a surgical procedure performed with the aid of a microscope.

Embryo Transfer

Procedure for placing living embryos obtained from a donor animal into the reproductive tract of a recipient female animal.

Gender Selection

Ability toe control the sex of offspring at the time of a parents mate

How is Gender Selection Possible?

Sperm-Sexing Procedure

• Difference between X and Y sperm is their DNA content.– An instrument called flow cytometer can identify X

& Y sperm after being treated with a fluorescent dye

Implant

To insert or to graft

Augmentation

The process of making something greater, as in size, extent, or quantity

Hormones

A substance, produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to

effect physiologcal activity,

Hydroponics

Cultivation of plants in nutrient solution rather than in soil.

Hybrid

The offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock, especially the offspring produced by

breeding plants or animals of different varieties, species, or races

Bovine Somatotropin

Is a peptide hormone produced by the cow's

pituitary gland

Host

Host is an organism that harbors a parasite

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

containing the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms

Flaming

effective and economical method of weed and pest control