Advantages of genetically modified food: 1)Genetic modification can produce larger, hardier, tastier, and more nutritious foods. 2)Nowadays, plants can be genetically modified to be better able to survive abiotic extremes, such as frosty temperatures, heat waves, droughts, and poor soil chemistries. 3)Plants have also been genetically modified to better tolerate fungi and parisitic insects.
Disadvantages of genetically modified food 1)Some GM species may increase allergenicity. For instance, an allergenic trait has been transferred unintentionally from the Brazil nut into genetically engineered soybeans. 2)GM crops may reduce biodiversity not only within their own species, but among wildlife living nearby. 3)GM plants may hybridize with wild plants even at great distances (as when pollen is transferred by wind), reducing the proportion of wild alleles in the native plants.
1)Genetic modification can produce larger, hardier, tastier, and more nutritious foods.
2)Nowadays, plants can be genetically modified to be better able to survive abiotic extremes, such as frosty temperatures, heat waves, droughts, and poor soil chemistries.
3)Plants have also been genetically modified to better tolerate fungi and parisitic insects.
Disadvantages of genetically modified food
1)Some GM species may increase allergenicity. For instance, an allergenic trait has been transferred unintentionally from the Brazil nut into genetically engineered soybeans.
2)GM crops may reduce biodiversity not only within their own species, but among wildlife living nearby.
3)GM plants may hybridize with wild plants even at great distances (as when pollen is transferred by wind), reducing the proportion of wild alleles in the native plants.