Chapter 25, Problem 4CT

Summary Introduction

To answer:

The reason of preventing the dissemination of resistance to $\text{Bt}$-toxin among insects when the insects eating non $\text{Bt}$-plants survive at higher rate than the insects eating $\text{Bt}$-producing plants.

Introduction:

Genetically modified food is obtained from the genetically modified microorganisms, which are genetically engineered to produce desirable products. The process of genetic engineering includes recombinant DNA technology. The goal of genetic engineering is to place specific genes that produce specific proteins which are required for the desirable trait such as disease resistance, rapid growth or high nutritional content in the genome of plants that lacks these genes.