Evaluate the impact of scientific knowledge

Impact of scientific knowledge on the manipulation of plant and animal reproduction in agriculture:

  • Scientific knowledge helps us to explore different dimensions of all fields of science and thus enriches us with the basic ideas that are required to conduct extensive researches.
  • Manipulation of plant and animal reproduction processes is a very serious matter because it involves a lot of technique and since many processes take place inside both animals and plants, careful measures need to be taken before conducting such techniques that result in manipulation.
  • Suppose a person is thinking of applying artificial vegetative reproduction techniques to promote the production of a specific plant in less time. Suppose the targeted plant he selected is Rose and the technique he was trying to use was Layering. Layering techniques are more efficient for plants having longer branches and rose plants do not have that feature thus for those, cutting is a more effective method to adopt artificial vegetative propagation methods. Thus, if a person is devoid of this knowledge, his experiments will keep failing.
  • Cross-breeding is a widely used technique used in case of both plants and animals. But before a cross-breed is done, it is a must to go through reproductive processes of the samples that will be bred because at times, breeding might lead to incompatibility and result in no product.
  • Scientific knowledge will also help us to predict possible outcomes from manipulation techniques. Not always precise but it helps to be prepared for any misalignment during the processes.

Extract from HSC Biology Stage 6 Syllabus. © 2017 Board of Studies NSW.

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Impact of scientific knowledge on the manipulation of plant and animal reproduction in agriculture:

  • Scientific knowledge helps us to explore different dimensions of all fields of science and thus enriches us with the basic ideas that are required to conduct extensive researches.
  • Manipulation of plant and animal reproduction processes is a very serious matter because it involves a lot of technique and since many processes take place inside both animals and plants, careful measures need to be taken before conducting such techniques that result in manipulation.
  • Suppose a person is thinking of applying artificial vegetative reproduction techniques to promote the production of a specific plant in less time. Suppose the targeted plant he selected is Rose and the technique he was trying to use was Layering. Layering techniques are more efficient for plants having longer branches and rose plants do not have that feature thus for those, cutting is a more effective method to adopt artificial vegetative propagation methods. Thus, if a person is devoid of this knowledge, his experiments will keep failing.
  • Cross-breeding is a widely used technique used in case of both plants and animals. But before a cross-breed is done, it is a must to go through reproductive processes of the samples that will be bred because at times, breeding might lead to incompatibility and result in no product.
  • Scientific knowledge will also help us to predict possible outcomes from manipulation techniques. Not always precise but it helps to be prepared for any misalignment during the processes.

Extract from HSC Biology Stage 6 Syllabus. © 2017 Board of Studies NSW.