Biotechnology.
Biotechnology got a boost during the 1970s with the discovery of restriction enzymes, which led to the development of a variety of gene technologies; it is thus considered to be the greatest scientific revolution of the 20th century.
Abstract
Abstract Biotechnology is the fusion of biology and technology. It changes and improves the characteristics of an organism at a cellular and molecular level for the benefit of mankind. Unlike conventional plant breeding methods, biotechnological techniques operate at tissue, cell, protoplast and molecular level for the genetic modification and subsequent screening for superior genotypes (Gosal et al., 2010). Biotechnology in a broad sense has been practiced for centuries for curd making, food preservation, pickle making and fermentation. However, biotechnology got a boost during the 1970s with the discovery of restriction enzymes, which led to the development of a variety of gene technologies; it is thus considered to be the greatest scientific revolution of the 20th century.