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Genetic Modification is a very beneficial process as explained by @SidOP. However, Genetic Modification has some cons too. First of all, it is very expensive and requires a laboratory setup and a lot of capital. It also is tested for around 90 days only which may be concerning to some individuals, also it may involve experiments on animals which could be perceived as a breach of animal rights. Now, even though the scientific process may require a lot of capital, a GM seed is not that expensive, but it is a bit more expensive than regular crops, resulting in a better harvest, produce and product but lower profits for farmers, but it is not practiced a lot in terms of foods in India, but as mentioned above more so in the case of cotton. Thank you for your time, dear classmates, and team members,(Samriddhi,Vedant,Radha, Sidharth and Swaecha), and of course you too Mamta ma'am, and this is the end of our padlet. <3

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More nutritious food

Tastier food

Disease- and drought-resistant plants that require fewer environmental resources (such as water and fertilizer)

Less use of pesticides(immuned to pests

Increased supply of food with reduced cost and longer shelf life

Faster growing plants and animals

Sometimes gives additional features which are quite useful

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Genetic modification is the process of altering the genetic makeup of an organism. This has been done indirectly for thousands of years by controlled, or selective, breeding of plants and animals. Modern biotechnology has made it easier and faster to target a specific gene for more-precise alteration of the organism through genetic engineering.

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Any plant used in agriculture, whose DNA has been modified using genetic engineering, is called a Genetically Modified crop.

This is usually done to obtain desired characteristics in a crop.

Examples are apples that don't turn brown(Arctic Apples); and potatoes without bruises(Innate Potatoes).

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Bt COTTON

The only genetically modified cash crop under commercial cultivation in India is Bt cotton which is grown over 10.8 million hectares.

Bt cotton was first used in India in 2002 in Maharashtra.

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GM MUSTARD

Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 or DMH-11 is a genetically modified variety of mustard developed by the Delhi University’s Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants.

The researchers at Delhi University have created hybridised mustard DMH-11 using “barnase / barstar” technology for genetic modification.

It is Herbicide Tolerant (HT) crop. If approved by the Centre, this will be the second GM crop, after Bt Cotton, and the first transgenic food crop to be allowed for cultivation in the country.

.In 2014-15 India imported 14.5 million tonnes of it, worth over $10 billion.

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HOW IS GENETIC MODIFICATION OF CROPS DONE?

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HOW IS GENETIC MODIFICATION OF CROPS DONE?

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Genetic modification of crops involves adding a specific stretch of DNA into the crops genome giving it new or different characteristics.

The steps involving genetic modification of crops are-:

Identifying the genetic information or “gene” that gives an organism a desired trait.

Copying that information from the organism that has the trait.

Inserting that information from the organism that has the trait.

Inserting that information into the DNA of another organism.

Then growing the new organism

The new DNA becomes a part of the genetically modified crops genome and the seeds produced by these plants will contain the new DNA.