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Where are GM crop currently grown?
mostly in the US and china
What dangerous the crop cotton?
Boll weevil
Is crop dusting dangerous to inhale?
Yes.
Is genetically modified food the answer for Canada?
Not at all is my answer! GM foods are very bad for nature, the DNA of the plant is modified to be able to survive in a particular environment, then pollination takes place and the pollen of the GM plant sits on a non GM plant and makes a another plant of the non GM type but now it will have characteristics of the GM plant. Which means if you have a GM field of crop and you have a plant pest next to the field; the pest plant will be resistant to biocides and will destroy the crop.
How conventional plant breeding help in crop improment rather then gm crop?
It lets the gm crop people cover the planet with their crops, while the conventional wait for Nature to develop ever stronger attacks on the gm crops. They (conventional folks) go hungry for decades, but eventually much of Mankind dies waiting for them to produce enough food to support the huge masses that gm crops allowed.But that is better than developing population control. Oh wait, no it isn't.
Why is it potentially dangerous to reduce the number of crop species in potatoes?
It makes the overall crop more susceptible to pests or disease.
Called the Flavr Savr what was the first genetically modified food to be sold to the American public?
First GM food was Tomato, 1994. First GM crop was tobacco, 1983.
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.
Why are GM crops being grown?
To produce more food, feed, fuel, and fiber for a growing world population while using less crop inputs.
What is the dimension of genetically modified food?
Farmers have widely addopted GM technology. Between 1996 and 2011, the total surface area of land cultivated with GM crops had increased by a factor of 94, from 17,000 sq km to 1,600,000 sq km. 10% of the GM crop lands were planted with GM crops in 2010. There is a broad scientific consensus that food on the market derived from GM crops poses no important risk to human health than conventional food.
Are GM good for developing countries?
It depends on your perspective. In order to feed more people, any technology which will allow a country to feed its own people also allows it to direct other resources where they are most needed. On the other hand, new technologies can sometimes be mishandled or misused in dangerous ways due to lack of knowledge.
What are GM crops?
GM stands for genetically modified food. GM foods have been artificially changed by scientists in a laboratory. In the past, plants have been improved by breeding them with other, better plants - a natural process which takes years. But with GM foods, it's done quickly and artificially, and lots of people are worried about it. GM crops are crops that have been altered using genetic engineering techniques, so basically using DNA molecules from different sources and combining them to create a new set of genes which are then transferred into an organism to give that organism a desired trait. Commonly these desired traits cause the GM crop to be tolerant of non-selective herbicides (glyphosate or glufosinate) allowing for easier programs to control weeds (reducing the amount of herbicides needed to be applied). Another desired trait that we see today is the gene that makes the GM crop resistant to insect feeding. There is a great deal of controversy throughout the world concerning genetically modified foods, however no study has ever proven that GM foods are harmful in anyway. We have been eating GM food in the United States for close to 20 years.
