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How can Gm crops that can be sprayed with chemicals but are not harmed?
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They have been genetically modified to withstand the chemicals that are being sprayed on them.
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What are the risks and benefits of GM plants?
Benefits: GM plants may be engineered to be resistant to environmental threats such as pest insects or damage from too dry or too wet conditions. GM crops can also be engineered to mature more quickly, or have higher nutrient content. These benefits will help ease malnutrition and ensure food security in developing countries. However, GM foods are also developed to look and taste more appealing than their non-GM counterparts. The Risks associated with GM crops can include the the transfer of genes from one organism to another. For example, if the gene which conveys resistance to a parasite gets into a undesirable organism which is kept in check by that parasite, then that pest organism may grow out of control. Likewise, if resistance to a pesticide/herbicide can be genetically inserted into a crop, then the crop can be sprayed with the pesticide/herbicide without worrying that the crop will suffer from the usual effects of exposure. People tend to be worried that GM crops are a danger to themselves, but according to a study in the journal Science, there is little or no evidence to suggest that GM crops are a direct danger to humans: However, critics maintain that this is because of insufficient testing of GM crops.
How have GM crops improved human life?
The GM crops include some novelty in terms of nutrition value or having resistance to the specific environmental stress to ensure better productivity. This has enabled us to ensure quality food, fibre and medicine in our daily life.
What is a gm in metric and what is it converted to grams?
what is a gm in metric and what is it when converted from 17gm's to gm's
How many gm equal to 1 oz gold bar?
31.1 gm
How much energy is in a fatglucose and protein?
Fats: 9.3 kcal/gm Glucose/ carbohydrates: 4.2 kcal/gm Proteins: 5 kcal/gm
One reason farmers often choose GM crops over non-GM crops because GM crops are?
More productive
Why do farmers choose gm crops over non-gm crops?
Because of the opportunity GM crops provide for greater profit with less risk. Also GM crops give much bigger yields (bushels/acre) and thus more profit over crops that are not GMO.
Why are gm crops controversial?
Because some people do not agree with GM crops and it can cause controversal
How are gm crops bad for you?
They are not.
What are the disadvantages of GM crops?
Gm crops are the genetically modified crops of food so they dont rot before there sell by date. they are enjected with a gene from another plant.
How do farmers grow GM food?
GMO foods are grown very much like non-GMO that are not being grown organically. The big difference is that some of the crops have been engineered to have resistance to herbicides like Round-up. For those crops, the herbicide can be sprayed directly on the crop without killing it; whereas, it cannot be sprayed directly on the non-GMO crops. Other crops have been genetically engineered to produce a substance that kills insects when they eat the plant. In that case, those growing GMO crops theoretically would not need to use pesticides, or at least not as many pesticides, as those who grow non-GMO crops.
Is it ethical to make gm crops?
Of course it is!
Is genetically modified food in Israel?
the main export market for Israel is Europe which does not approve of GM crops so the answer is: no, there are no commercially grown GM crops in Israel. however Israel it self is not against GM.
What crops constitute the greatest proportion of GM crops grown in the world?
Corn and Soybeans
How are GM food crops produced?
GM crops are produced much like other crops, except that many that are grown have been genetically engineered to be resistant to herbicides or to produce an insecticide in the plant itself.
What are the dangers to the environment of GM crops?
While there are anecdotal reports of toxicity to Monarch butterfly larva, there is no scientific evidence of any danger to the environment from GM crops.
What are the risks and benefits of GM plants?
Benefits: GM plants may be engineered to be resistant to environmental threats such as pest insects or damage from too dry or too wet conditions. GM crops can also be engineered to mature more quickly, or have higher nutrient content. These benefits will help ease malnutrition and ensure food security in developing countries. However, GM foods are also developed to look and taste more appealing than their non-GM counterparts. The Risks associated with GM crops can include the the transfer of genes from one organism to another. For example, if the gene which conveys resistance to a parasite gets into a undesirable organism which is kept in check by that parasite, then that pest organism may grow out of control. Likewise, if resistance to a pesticide/herbicide can be genetically inserted into a crop, then the crop can be sprayed with the pesticide/herbicide without worrying that the crop will suffer from the usual effects of exposure. People tend to be worried that GM crops are a danger to themselves, but according to a study in the journal Science, there is little or no evidence to suggest that GM crops are a direct danger to humans: However, critics maintain that this is because of insufficient testing of GM crops.
