Friday, August 6, 2010

Periods of Bio-technology Developements Untill -1833

8000 - B.C
Humans domesticate crop n live-stocks.
first Potatoes were cultivated for food.

@ 4000–2000 B.C.
Bio technology first used to leaves bread and ferment beer, using yeast (Egyptians).
Production of cheese and fermentation of wine (Sumerian, Chinese and Egyptians).
Babylonas control date palm breeding by selectively pollinating female trees with pollen from certain male trees.

 at 500 B.C.
the First antibiotic: moldy soybean curds used to treat boils (Chinese).

 at A.D 100
the First insecticides: powdered chrys anthemums (Chinese).

at 1322
An Arab chieftain first uses artificial insemination to produce superior horses.

at 1590
the Janssen invents the micro-scopes.

@ 1663
the Hooke discovers existence of the cells.

@ 1675
Leeuwenhoek discovers bacterias.

@ 1761
Koelreuter given reports successfull cross-breeding of crops plants in different types of species.

@ 1797
Jenner inoculates a child with a viral vaccine to protect him from small pox.

@ 1830–1833
1830—Proteins were discovered.
1833—First enzyme was discovered and also isolated.