1. GM Food - Friend or Foe?
Genetic modification speeds up the process by identifying the genes that produce these selected traits and introducing them into the desired crop. ... Genetically engineering tolerance to weed killers in crops allows farmers to spray their fields with herbicides without damaging their crop. ... In the first field trial of a GM organism in 1986, Frostban which contains genetically modified bacteria that stops the growth of other bacteria that catalyze the formation of ice was sprayed over a strawberry crop to protect them from frost damage. ... More recently...
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