EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN FOOD SCIENCE
GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
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Question
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Corn
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Soybean
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Cotton
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Squash
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Detailed explanation-1: -Corn is the most commonly grown crop in the United States, and most of it is GMO.
Detailed explanation-2: -GM crops made up 29% of the world’s maize produce, and almost a quarter of the world’s oilseed rape that year. Among the countries growing GM crops, the USA (70.9 Mha), Brazil (44.2 Mha), Argentina (24.5 Mha) India (11.6 Mha) and Canada (11 Mha) are the largest users.
Detailed explanation-3: -90% percent of US corn is genetically modified, which means this policy has the potential to seriously disrupt agricultural trade between the two partners.
Detailed explanation-4: -Genetically Engineered (GE) seeds were commercially introduced in the United States for major field crops in 1996, with adoption rates increasing rapidly in the years that followed. Currently, over 90 percent of U.S. corn, upland cotton, and soybeans are produced using GE varieties.
Detailed explanation-5: -Currently, over 90 percent of corn, cotton, and soybean acreage in the United States is planted with genetically engineered (GE) seeds.