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 could 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
- energy production
- waste management
- food and fiber production.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How do ever-changing environmental factors 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?