Essays on Agriculture

It is normal for species to become extinct naturally, without the influence of human beings. But over the years, with all the advances in people’s way of life, ecosystems have been altered, and animals with them, which is something that can accelerate the process of...

People have been naturally genetically modifying plants for thousands of years. While this hasn’t caused any adverse health issues in humans, it is proven that genetically modified crops and their consumption have shown traces of some unwanted health issues. Although genetic engineering is a common...

With genetic engineering, genetically modified foods (GM foods) are produced by inserting new genes into an organism’s original DNA. This can improve the quality and quantity of food. It has therefore been suggested to solve the problem of famine in the Third World, which concerns...

In general, invasive species is a type of species that has been tranported from its native environment to a new environment that suits its survival. The exotic species that introduced lack indigenous predators, thus are able to reproduce in large quantities, have an aggressive growth...

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) GMOs are transgenic organisms carrying foreign genes either from virus, bacteria, plants, humans in order to improve their genetic structure for particular purposes. In this procedure the beneficial or gene of interest is identified which is then isolated and multiplied and...

Research in biological pest management in agroecosystems and general plant crops is one of the essential parts of ensuring a viable crop yield as well as sustainability of the crop field and the surrounding environment. Involving myself in specialized research with pests that cause substantial...

Despite the importance of CNVs, a systematic and standardized way of detecting CNVs is still in its early phases of being developed. One of the main reasons for this is because identifying CNVs is a challenging task. For instance, detecting regions where CNVs are located...

How can genetic engeniering help cure Parkinson’s disease? The Parkinson’s disease ended many lives, plenty of people have suffered from this disease. The Parkinson disease is a genetically inherited disease, Parkinson’s disease is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement. Symptoms start gradually, sometimes...

The organism I have chosen to focus my research study on is Mosquitos. The taxonomic classification of the mosquito is as follows; It’s domain is Eukaryotic, it’s kingdom is Animalia and its phylum is Arthropoda. Mosquitoes have been around for over 100 million years. They...

One of the biggest threats towards upland conservation is depopulation and land abandonment due to increased market pressures on land managers. The abandonment of the landscape and significant reduction of the resident population would facilitate in the natural restoration of ecosystem processes. The reduction of...