Examples of Genetically Modified Plants Plant Trait(s) Results Cherry tomatoes High levels of anthocyanin, Tomatoes were engineered with pigment gene from snapdragons, producing five times the an antioxidant purple pigment anthocyanin and greatly increasing the nutrition value (figure a). Wheat Resistance to head Genes added to break down the cell wall of the fungus Fusarium protect wheat plants from being attacked (figure b). blight Wheat Improved nutrition Engineered with genes to increase zinc and iron levels in the plant. Golden rice Improved nutrition Genes added to produce beta-carotene, a precursor to vitamin A; aim is to prevent deficiencies in developing countries that lead to blindness. Soybeans, corn, cotton Herbicide resistance Plants were engineered to withstand chemical herbicides. Peanuts Insect resistance Genes for a biopesticide called Bt were added to kill insects that feed on the plants (figure c). Vaccines for hepatitis B in development Genes for resistance to plum poxvirus prevent infection and destruction of plant Banana Vaccine production Plum Viral resistance (a) This purple tomato contalns high levels of a plgment that has numerous health benefits. (c) Peanut plant (left) genetically modlfied to produce Its own Insecticide Is unharmed by larvae; unmodified plant (right) shows damage from Insect larvae. (b) Researcher holds a genetically engineered wheat plant belng tested for Its resistance to a fungal Infection. (photos): (a): O Andrew Davis and Sue Bunnewell/John Innes Centre; (b): Source: Jack Dykinga, USDA/ARS; (C): Source: Herb Pilcher, USDA/ARS
Examples of Genetically Modified Plants Plant Trait(s) Results Cherry tomatoes High levels of anthocyanin, Tomatoes were engineered with pigment gene from snapdragons, producing five times the an antioxidant purple pigment anthocyanin and greatly increasing the nutrition value (figure a). Wheat Resistance to head Genes added to break down the cell wall of the fungus Fusarium protect wheat plants from being attacked (figure b). blight Wheat Improved nutrition Engineered with genes to increase zinc and iron levels in the plant. Golden rice Improved nutrition Genes added to produce beta-carotene, a precursor to vitamin A; aim is to prevent deficiencies in developing countries that lead to blindness. Soybeans, corn, cotton Herbicide resistance Plants were engineered to withstand chemical herbicides. Peanuts Insect resistance Genes for a biopesticide called Bt were added to kill insects that feed on the plants (figure c). Vaccines for hepatitis B in development Genes for resistance to plum poxvirus prevent infection and destruction of plant Banana Vaccine production Plum Viral resistance (a) This purple tomato contalns high levels of a plgment that has numerous health benefits. (c) Peanut plant (left) genetically modlfied to produce Its own Insecticide Is unharmed by larvae; unmodified plant (right) shows damage from Insect larvae. (b) Researcher holds a genetically engineered wheat plant belng tested for Its resistance to a fungal Infection. (photos): (a): O Andrew Davis and Sue Bunnewell/John Innes Centre; (b): Source: Jack Dykinga, USDA/ARS; (C): Source: Herb Pilcher, USDA/ARS
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Trace the genetic steps in the development of a peanut plant that is
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Transcribed Image Text:Examples of Genetically Modified Plants
Plant
Trait(s)
Results
Cherry tomatoes
High levels of anthocyanin, Tomatoes were engineered with pigment gene from snapdragons, producing five times the
an antioxidant
purple pigment anthocyanin and greatly increasing the nutrition value (figure a).
Wheat
Resistance to head
Genes added to break down the cell wall of the fungus Fusarium protect wheat plants from
being attacked (figure b).
blight
Wheat
Improved nutrition
Engineered with genes to increase zinc and iron levels in the plant.
Golden rice
Improved nutrition
Genes added to produce beta-carotene, a precursor to vitamin A; aim is to prevent
deficiencies in developing countries that lead to blindness.
Soybeans, corn, cotton Herbicide resistance
Plants were engineered to withstand chemical herbicides.
Peanuts
Insect resistance
Genes for a biopesticide called Bt were added to kill insects that feed on the plants (figure c).
Vaccines for hepatitis B in development
Genes for resistance to plum poxvirus prevent infection and destruction of plant
Banana
Vaccine production
Plum
Viral resistance
(a) This purple tomato contalns
high levels of a plgment that
has numerous health benefits.
(c) Peanut plant (left) genetically modlfied to produce Its
own Insecticide Is unharmed by larvae; unmodified
plant (right) shows damage from Insect larvae.
(b) Researcher holds a genetically
engineered wheat plant belng tested
for Its resistance to a fungal Infection.
(photos): (a): O Andrew Davis and Sue Bunnewell/John Innes Centre; (b): Source: Jack Dykinga, USDA/ARS; (C): Source: Herb Pilcher, USDA/ARS
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