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When a plant is mutated it's genetic make up is modified. It might able to fight off plant disease like rust, but it might produce harmful chemical toxins or might have a high concentration of a harmful chemicals. Thus people are hesitant to try the new genetically modified plants and crops. Ultimately they might also cause ecological imbalance.
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What action has been taken to try and prevent genetically modified food technology developing?
No movement to try to prevent the development of genetically modified food technology is known. There are; however, people who choose not to eat food that is known to be genetically modified, due to questions about the health and environmental effects of genetically modifying plants used for food.
What does GMO stand for?
GMO stands for a Genetically Modified Organism.
What is the effect that genetically modified foods has on society?
We have genetically modified foods for centuries by selective cross breeding plants. With out this and other modern methods of farming perhaps a billion people now existing on a substance diet would starve to death.
What are geniticaly modified crops?
Genetically modified crops are crops with plants that have been genetically altered in order to increase the yield of the crop. For example, the plant may have been genetically altered to become bigger or more resistant to bugs.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of genetically modified foods?
One of the disadvantages of the genetically modified foods is that it allows animal products in plants which could raise issues for those with dietary restrictions like the vegans. The advantage of the genetically modified foods is that they can increase the crop yield in a very small acreage.
What is organic textiles?
organic Cotton is grown without using pesticides from plants which are not genetically modified
What are edible vaccines?
Edible vaccines are vaccines produced in plants genetically modified through bioengineering.
What does the manipulation of DNA in plant crops allows farmers to produce?
genetically modified plants/fruits/vegetables
What is the impact genetically modified food has on evolution?
[1] Genetically modified organisms can affect plant diversity. As with non-genetically modified plants, their seeds are easily spread by wild life and wind. Consequently, they contaminate non-genetically modified food products that are grown within the reach of air and critters. For their genetics tend to dominate over the genetics of non-genetically modified plants. [2] They also can affect individual plant responses. For the individual plant's genetics have been altered. And researchers don't yet have the complete map to the consequences, or plant responses to these consequences. It's a work in progress. And researchers as much as their plant subjects are making up the rules as they go along.
What kind of organism has been genetically modified to produce insecticides and herbicides?
Quite a few plants have been so modified, including corn, cotton, soybeans, and canola.
What is transgenic technology?
Transgenic plants are plants in which DNA from another species has been introduced into the plant's genome.
Why are people so concerned about genetically modified food?
People are concerned about this because genetically modified food is not natural food. It was genetically modified by a human or a machine. In either case, man made machine, and man isn't perfect. So, because of that, people are so concerned.
