HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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Cucumber
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Orange
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Tomato
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Strawberry
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1996, the first genetically altered crop, a delayed-ripening tomato was commercially released. In the year 2003, the estimated global area of GM crops for was 67.7 million hectares.
Detailed explanation-2: -Monsanto denies these accusations, however, they are one of the leading companies in genetically modified foods who does not support labeling. Shortly after Monsanto bought out Calgene, the Flavr Savr tomato was shelved and has been ever since.
Detailed explanation-3: -The FLAVR SAVR tomato was the first genetically engineered crop product to be commercialized. The research and marketing efforts that produced the FLAVR SAVR tomato resulted in scientific success, a temporary sales success, and then commercial demise.