1911
The first cancer-causing virus is discovered by Rous.
1914
Bacteria are used to treat sewage for the first time in
Manchester, England.
1915
Phages, or bacterial viruses, are discovered.
1919
First use of the word biotechnology in print.
1920
The human growth hormone is discovered by Evans
and Long.
1928
Penicillin discovered as an antibiotic: Alexander Fleming.
A small-scale test of formulated Bacillus thuringiensis
(Bt) for corn borer control begins in Europe. Commercial
production of this biopesticide begins in France in 1938.
n Karpechenko crosses radishes and cabbages, creating
fertile offspring between plants in different genera.
n Laibach first uses embryo rescue to obtain hybrids
from wide crosses in crop plants—known today as
hybridization.
The first cancer-causing virus is discovered by Rous.
1914
Bacteria are used to treat sewage for the first time in
Manchester, England.
1915
Phages, or bacterial viruses, are discovered.
1919
First use of the word biotechnology in print.
1920
The human growth hormone is discovered by Evans
and Long.
1928
Penicillin discovered as an antibiotic: Alexander Fleming.
A small-scale test of formulated Bacillus thuringiensis
(Bt) for corn borer control begins in Europe. Commercial
production of this biopesticide begins in France in 1938.
n Karpechenko crosses radishes and cabbages, creating
fertile offspring between plants in different genera.
n Laibach first uses embryo rescue to obtain hybrids
from wide crosses in crop plants—known today as
hybridization.