1 June 2011

GM food

The term GM foods or GMOs (genetically-modified organisms) is most commonly used to refer to crop plants created for human or animal consumption using the latest molecular biology techniques. These plants have been modified in the laboratory to enhance desired traits such as increased resistance to herbicides or improved nutritional content. The enhancement of desired traits has traditionally been undertaken through breeding, but conventional plant breeding methods can be very time consuming and are often not very accurate.


Geraldine

2 Comments:

At 3 June 2011 at 04:23 , Blogger Food Safety said...

IT is not only time consuming, It also requires lots of investments (money) to grow GM food crops. Some consumers still do not think that GM foods are safe...

Vincent

 
At 6 June 2011 at 17:15 , Blogger geraldine* said...

Yeah, but now it's available almost everywhere!

 

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