HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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If you want to make a GM crop that is purple, what is the first thing you need to do?
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Find a plant that is naturally purple
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Paint a plant purple
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Use an enzyme to cut a gene out of a plant
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Use a virus to insert a gene into a plant
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1994, Calgene’s delayed-ripening tomato (Flavr-Savr™) became the first genetically modified food crop to be produced and consumed in an industrialized country.
Detailed explanation-2: -Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a primary method for screening of GM crops at DNA level.
Detailed explanation-3: -Traditional Crop Modification. Traditional methods of modifying plants, like selective breeding and crossbreeding, have been around for nearly 10, 000 years. Genetic Engineering. Genome Editing. 17-Feb-2022
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