Transgenic maize

The reason people want to get patents is to protect the inventor by allowing them the exclusive ability to make, sell and use their invention (Morgan) Under the Patent Act of 1970 a patent must satisfy two basic requirements: the creation must be novel or original and it can not have been previously patented US or any country, it also cannot appear in prior art, all public information that might germane to the applicants novelty (Morgan). Based on these requirements I do think that business can…

Kotler splits the product life cycle into 4 phases: Introduction, growth, maturity and decline. Introduction is described as a “period of slow sales growth as the product is introduced in the market”. Growth is described as a “period of rapid market acceptance and profit improvement”. Maturity is a “slowdown in sales growth because the product has achieved acceptance by most potential buyers”. Lastly, decline is when “sales show a downward drift” (p. 310). The chasm lies within the growth…

Discussion The purpose of this experiment was to examine the relationship between salt stress and peroxidase activities in corn (Zea mays). To do this, we watered germinating corn seeds with various salt solutions. For our first part of out experiment, we wanted to see what effect NaCl would have on peroxidase activities in corn. We watered week old corn with either 25mM or 75mM NaCl solutions. We found the band intensities for 75mM treatment all either went up or stayed the same as the 25mM…

GMOs positively affect not only the environment but also the quality of human life economically, and medically. The implication of GMOs results in increased economic gain for countries and allows for the growing population to be sustained. As previously stated, GMO crops allow for increased crop yields. These increased crop yields may be implicated to combat the world hunger problem and the issue of malnutrition. For example, many children in Southeast Asia suffer from Vitamin A deficiency. The…

Arguably, not many things have shaped the human history as much as domestication has. The transition that started in early Holocene around 11 000 years ago from nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle to more settled existence of agriculture has been vital for the development of human societies as we know them now (Gupta 2004, Brown et al. 2009). The first steps for this transition were taken in multiple places independently, one of which was Southwest Asia and especially the area called Fertile…

I feel like my cultural identity is best served with something sweet. My favorite dessert that my late grandmother used to make for the family or friends called “cascaron”. Cascaron is a Filipino dessert that is basically dough balls, made of coconut, flour, and water mixed and deep fried until it’s golden brown then covered with syrup of sugar. When you look at cascaron it’s all golden brown ball with glazed with syrup. What people don’t realize until they take a bite of it, that it’s white and…

Hey class, for my science fair, I have decided to do a research and experimental project on how pH values affect seed germination. In order to gain knowledge about the influences of pH values on seed germination, I decided to grow red kidney beans for 10 days with all acidic, neutral, and basic water. My hypothesis was that if multiple beans were to be grown with water containing different pH levels, then each bean plant would have different outcomes in terms of growth because depending on the…

In the video “Columbian Exchange”, states exactly what it is, a trade in from both sides to each other unexpectedly. Most are welcome and help to prosper different regions of both lands. From the onset the Americas had shown its ability to adapt and over time genetically form the staple crop for their diet and adapting to each region for greater produce and easier growth. Where there is more food there are more people. The next evolutional crop to be shared with our neighbors across the…

Genetically modified salmon is a great food source. The salmon is a faster to produce, more reliable source of food. Also, the GM salmon provides an alternative way to get salmon, thus protecting endangered and at-risk natural salmon. In addition, the GM salmon grows larger than normal salmon, meaning less fish are killed to produce the same weight that stores now sell. This is why it is important for the FDA to approve genetically modified salmon as food. The salmon fully matures faster…

During the use of DDT, after World War II, crop yields increased greatly in the United States and overseas. This is because the pesticide killed many of the insects that consumed the essential crops. Author Lillian Forman states, “After the war, DDT helped ensure that starving Europeans, not bugs, ate the crops that farmers were once more able to plant. When the chemical was made available to the American public, it was welcomed as a means of boosting agricultural production, suppressing pests,…