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  1. Pros and cons of GMO foods: Health and environment

    There are various pros and cons of genetically modified foods (GMOs) Learn what the research says about the effects of GMO foods on human health and the environment.

  2. Genetically modified foods: safety, risks and public concerns—a

    Combining genes from different organisms is known as recombinant DNA technology and the resulting organism is said to be ‘Genetically modified (GM)’, ‘Genetically engineered’ or ‘Transgenic’. The principal transgenic crops grown commercially in field are herbicide and insecticide resistant soybeans, corn, cotton and canola.

  3. Genetically modified foods: A critical review of their promise

    Generation of GM crops. In order to generate GM foods, researchers need to introduce the gene (s) coding for certain traits into a plant cell, and then regenerate a plant through tissue culture. When and where the transferred gene is expressed is usually inherent in the scheme to optimize the property of the product.

  4. Genetically Modified Food Essay: Pros & Cons of GM Foods

    Genetically modified (GM) foods refer to foods that have been produced through biotechnology processes involving alteration of DNA. This genetic modification is done to confer the organism or crops with enhanced nutritional value, increased resistance to herbicides and pesticides, and reduction of production costs.

  5. Why We Need GMO Crops in Agriculture

    To transfer genes into a crop plant to generate a GMO, (a transgenic plant) generally requires a two-step process: Successful delivery of the gene into a plant cell (s), called transformation, and. The regeneration of a transgenic plant, primarily in tissue culture, from the transformed cell (s).

  6. Pros and Cons of GMO Crop Farming

    Only four crops account for 99% of worldwide GM crop area. Almost 100% of GM crops on the market are genetically engineered with herbicide tolerance (HT), and insect resistance (IR) traits.

  7. Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

    However, a recent meta-analysis of 15 studies reveals that, on average, two-thirds of the benefits of first-generation genetically modified crops are shared downstream, whereas only one-third ...

  8. Genetically modified crops: current status and future prospects

    In this review, we present a comprehensive update on the current status of the genetically modified (GM) crops under cultivation. We also discuss the issues affecting widespread adoption of transgenic GM crops and comment upon the recent tools and techniques developed to address some of these concerns.