Title: Explain how cell structure and function are used to improve agricultural practices.
Course: Biological Applications in Agriculture (18308-I) > Section: Understanding Cell Structure and Functions

Explanation should include the concepts that plants and animals are composed of many different types of cells with specialized structures and that biotechnology applies this to agricultural practices such as

- pest management
- nutrition management
- genetic engineering
  - plants
  - animals
- energy production
- waste management
- food and fiber production.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What cell structures are used in plant and animal nutrition?
- How do environmental conditions affect cell structures?
- What cellular structures are altered in genetically modified products?
- How can biotechnology use knowledge about cell structure and function to produce nonfood crops? Biofuels?
- How can biotechnology improve pest management?
- How can cellular components be altered for agricultural purposes?
- How are cellular components naturally altered (mutation)?