Assertion : Single cell proteins can help to meet increasing demands of growing population.
Reason : SCP now can be produced in high amount commercially, using low cost substrates.

Options

A. If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
B. If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
C. If assertion is true bur reason is false.
D. if both assertion and reason are false.

Answer

A

Explanation

Single Cell Proteins (SCP) are proteins produced using bacteria, fungi, algae, etc. SCP is a misnomer term because these are not always produced by single celled organisms. Multicellular algae and fungi may also be used. SCP can help to meet increasing demands of population because of high rate of biomass production and facility to produce it. commercially throughout the year. Agriculture crops require large fields and yield is dependent upon the various conditions. This problem is not there in SCP production. SCP also produce biomass at a higher rate. It has been estimated that a `250 kg` cow produces `200 g` of protein per day. In the same period `250 g` of microorganisms like Methylophilus methylotrophus can produce about 25 tonnes of protein.