Question

In: Biology

Transgenic plants created using a recombinant technique that can have special characteristics that withstand many physical...

Transgenic plants created using a recombinant technique that can have special characteristics that withstand many physical obstacles in the agriculture industry. But this also brings objection to many. Discuss advantage and disadvantage of this issue.

Solutions

Expert Solution

Advantages and disadvantages of Transgenic plants

Advantages

  1. Production of new varieties which is not possible by conventional breeding programmes
  2. Improved defense against pests and pathogens
  3. Increased yield as compared to conventional varieties
  4. Delayed ripening for longer storage
  5. Increased essential amino acids, protein, minerals and vitamin content
  6. Increased response to fertilizer by plants
  7. Lesser need of chemical pesticides leads to decreased environmental pollution
  8. Crop plants can be engineered to reduce allergy causing chemicals (Eg. reduced HCN in cassava)
  9. Help to reduce the carbon foot print
  10. Transgenic technology enable us to bring different useful genes together in a single plant

Disadvantages

  1. Chance of horizontal gene transfer Eg. Crop to weed gene flow- lead to formation of 'Super Weeds'
  2. Lack of knowledge on the consequences of transgenic crop on environment and human health
  3. Disruption of traditional farming practices
  4. Loss of traditional varieties
  5. Dominance of multinational biotech companies in the farming and seed distribution industry
  6. Presence of marker gene (antibiotic resistant genes) /non-removal of marker genes in the plant
  7. Adverse effect on natural biodiversity (Eg pollinating insects

gladiator answered 2 years ago
Next > < Previous

Related Solutions

Which of the following is NOT a potential benefit of using transgenic plants? A. They often...
Which of the following is NOT a potential benefit of using transgenic plants? A. They often increase yields, providing more food per acre and reducing the amount of land needed for agricultural use. B. They can reduce the use of harmful chemical pesticides in the United States and thus provide an ecological benefit. C. They can generate restriction enzyme sites on a foreign gene of interest to be cloned. D. They can allow crops to be grown on land previously...
Explain two novel (new) characteristics that all land plants have, and how these characteristics are beneficial...
Explain two novel (new) characteristics that all land plants have, and how these characteristics are beneficial when living on land
Name a type of document that can be created with Microsoft Word. Using what you have...
Name a type of document that can be created with Microsoft Word. Using what you have learned from practice, describe the functions of Microsoft Word that aid you in creating the document you named. Describe how you would use the Word functions for creating your document.
Discuss the advantages of using a customers physical characteristics to increase productivity in the delivery of...
Discuss the advantages of using a customers physical characteristics to increase productivity in the delivery of service quality. Give examples.
Conditions in contracts: Multiple Choice should not be created orally. can be created only by using...
Conditions in contracts: Multiple Choice should not be created orally. can be created only by using special words. can be impliedly created. should always occur concurrently.
Animals, such as insects, have in turn coevolved with flowering plants into developing special traits, which...
Animals, such as insects, have in turn coevolved with flowering plants into developing special traits, which enable them to obtain a) food b) shelter c) a water source d) nesting sites
a) A physical education director claims by taking a special vitamin, a weight lifter can increase...
a) A physical education director claims by taking a special vitamin, a weight lifter can increase his strength. Eight athletes are selected and given a test of strength, using the standard bench press. After two weeks of regular training, supplemented with the vitamin, they are tested again. Test the vitamin regimen is effective in increasing strength at the .05 level of significance. Each value in the data that follow represents the maximum number of pounds the athlete can bench press....
a) A physical education director claims by taking a special vitamin, a weight lifter can increase...
a) A physical education director claims by taking a special vitamin, a weight lifter can increase his strength. Eight athletes are selected and given a test of strength, using the standard bench press. After two weeks of regular training, supplemented with the vitamin, they are tested again. Test the vitamin regimen is effective in increasing strength at the .05 level of significance. Each value in the data that follow represents the maximum number of pounds the athlete can bench press....
Properties/Characteristics You are to write down as many properties and/or characteristics of materials as you can...
Properties/Characteristics You are to write down as many properties and/or characteristics of materials as you can think of (not just for one material, but any and all materials). Try to get one that starts with each letter of the alphabet…!     General principles in Construction for landscape architecture A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
The technique for calculating a bid price can be extended to many other types of problems....
The technique for calculating a bid price can be extended to many other types of problems. Answer the following questions using the same technique as setting a bid price; that is, set the project NPV to zero and solve for the variable in question. Guthrie Enterprises needs someone to supply it with 155,000 cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturing needs over the next five years, and you’ve decided to bid on the contract. It will cost...
ADVERTISEMENT
Subjects
ADVERTISEMENT
Latest Questions
ADVERTISEMENT