Natural Resources
... improve the characteristics of plants and animals that he grew in order to provide himself food and clothing. Modern biotechnology is among the greatest achievements of the bright minds of the 20th century, alongside with nuclear physics, electronics and informatics. The word ’biotechnology’ was created from three ancient Greek words, ‘bios’ meaning ‘life’, ‘techne’ meaning ‘artifact’ and ‘logos’ meaning ‘speech’ [164]. Biotechnology is an ensemble of domains of activity which are meant to obtain products on an industrial scale with the aid of living organisms or substances resulting from living organisms. Such, by using bacteria, now it is possible to obtain hormones, antibodies and vaccines necessary in human and veterinary medicine, enzymes, aminoacids and vitamins necessary for the food industry and many other products [164, 165, 166]. Plant biotechnology is one of the most modern and most promising branches of biotechnology and...