What are some benefits for genetic engineering in crop plants?

Answer 1

i don't know help me please so i can get a good grademaybe you should look in the TEXTBOOK! that's what I did. it should be on page 341 of your text book. read the defention. its really simple, genetic engineering is messing with the DNA to improve it. so the benefits of engineering plants genetically could be making them healthier, or to grow faster and to be more efficient. don't take that answer it might not be right, hope that helped. -Hannah

Hi, my answer might be beneficial to this question:

"It may take many generations of breeding for a trait to become homozygous and consistently expressed in the population. Genetic engineering is a faster and more reliable method for increasing the frequency of a specific allele in a population."

I received this answer from page 341 in my Glencoe Biology textbook.

Good luck on your journey to learning!

Answer 2

Genetic engineering in crops entails genetic modification of crops to confer traits such as drought tolerance, selective toxicity to insects and improved nutrition value. This improves the farm yield by minimizing crop loss to drought and insects. Bt cotton and Bt maize are genetically modified to produce Bt toxin that is toxic to pests.

Answer 3

Genetic Engineering of Crop PlantsOne benefit of genetic engineering of crop plants is that higher amounts of chemical weed killers can be used on the genetically engineered crops, providing higher yields. The crop is engineered to withstand the chemicals, while the weeds are killed. There is some evidence that higher and higher levels of chemicals must be used to accomplish that and the effects on consumers has not been thoroughly studied, though.

Answer 4

it could help crops grow quicker and stronger