7/25/2019 Advantages and Disadvantages of GMO

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Advantages and disadvantages of GMO

P1-Used to produce disease resistant/pest resistant plant

P2- less pesticides are used

P3- less pollution to the environment// better health for consumers.

P4- Increase yield of crops / profitability

P5- Help to solve problems of insufficient food

P6- Increase resistance in plant to herbicide eg. soya bean plantation

P7- Higher vitamin A/ beta carotene content in rice / tomato/any suitable crops

P8-Help to solve problems of malnutrition.

P9- Produce crop with longer shelf lifesP

P10- Prevent food wastage.(Any 4)

DisadvantagesP11- Pest resistant genes may be transferred to weeds cause difficult to control

growth of weeds.

P12- Some genetic modified crops may have animal genes

P13-Genetic modified organisms may affect the survival of other organisms in the ecosystem

P14- Cause the imbalance of nature / ecosystem (Any 2)