Describe the Most Common Desired Traits Used in Gm Crops
Increased Flavor and Nutrition Along with resistances to insects and disease the genes of the crops can also be altered to have a better flavor and increased nutritional value. Only a few types of GMO crops are grown in the United States but some of these GMOs make up a large percentage of the crop grown eg soybeans corn sugar beets canola and cotton. Genetically Modified Crops Water For All In the USA 93 of soybeans and most of the GM maize grown is glyphosate tolerant. . The majority of these species contain genes that make them either tolerant to herbicides or resistant to insects. With genetic engineering more than. See Table 1 To date the two most prevalent GM crops traits are Btderived insect resistance and herbicide resistance. GM crops grown in Colorado include corn alfalfa sugar beet soybeans and canola. GM plants are much more common than many people realize too. Soybeans increased oleic acid have been also studi...