HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Both methods result in a crop that has some desirable characteristic.
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Both techniques produce plants that have higher yields than previously.
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In both cases, two different crop plants are crossed to develop a new one.
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In both procedures, genes from unrelated organisms can be added to the plant.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Both genetic engineering and artificial selection allow humans to change a species so that its members are better suited for human needs. However, the mechanism for change is different. Artificial selection selects for traits already present in a species, whereas genetic engineering creates new traits.
Detailed explanation-2: -The goal of both GM and conventional plant breeding is to produce crops with improved characteristics by changing their genetic makeup. GM achieves this by adding a new gene or genes to the genome of a crop plant.
Detailed explanation-3: -c: Both selective (traditional) breeding and modern genetic engineering produce genetic modifications. Genetic engineering allows for fewer and more precise genetic modifications. The traditional plant breeding process introduces a number of genes into the plant.
Detailed explanation-4: -Selective breeding makes use of existing, naturally present gene variants in a species? and the natural process of breeding. Genetic engineering involves a direct change to an organism’s genome in the laboratory. Gene variants made through genetic engineering can be passed from one generation to the next.