HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
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Detailed explanation-1: -Roundup Ready plants carry the gene coding for a glyphosate-insensitive form of this enzyme, obtained from Agrobacterium sp. strain CP4. Once incorporated into the plant genome, the gene product, CP4 EPSP synthase, confers crop resistance to glyphosate.
Detailed explanation-2: -Roundup Ready crops are crops genetically modified to be resistant to the herbicide Roundup.
Detailed explanation-3: -Herbicide-resistant (or tolerant) crops, such as glyphosate-resistant crops are transgenic crops that are resistant to the herbicide glyphosate.
Detailed explanation-4: -Roundup Ready Cotton (RR Cotton) is genetically engineered cotton that has had its DNA altered to allow it to withstand the herbicide glyphosate (the active ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup). It is sometimes referred to as “glyphosate tolerant” cotton.