Question

BT Brinjal is less subject to pest attacks
(a) How is it possible?
(b) What are the advantages of genetic modification?
(c) What are the harmful effects of genetic modification?

Answer 1

The growth of commercialized genetically modified crops in several different countries has given economic benefits to farmers, but has also been the focus of much of the technology controversy.

Complete answer:
First we should know about the genetic modification to answer this question. The method of modifying an organism's genetic structure is genetic modification. Regulated, or selective, breeding of plants and animals has done this indirectly for thousands of years. Modern biotechnology has made it simpler and quicker to target a single gene by genetic modification for more accurate alteration of the organism.
(a) BT brinjal is a type of genetically modified plant whose DNA has been altered by genetic modification to add a new plant feature that does not exist naturally in the genus. Therefore, this allows the plant to become pest-resistant.
(b) Advantages-
i) It increases productivity and boosts income for farmers. Indian farmers often practise conventional seeding and cultivation methods, requiring practical measures to increase their yield. Therefore, it is one of the steps to increase the output of farms.
ii) This eliminates the use during cultivation of chemicals and insecticides, which will be excellent measures to boost the food supplies.
iii) Since it displays significantly increased yields, it will feed an increasingly growing population.
c) Harmful effects-
i) Creation places the destruction of the environment and habitats at high risk because the "better" characteristics created by engineering genes will benefit one organism. Therefore, the normal mechanism of gene transfer will inevitably interrupt it.
ii) It raises the cost of production and is more likely to sell agriculture that runs on unethical gains.
iii) Not only growers, but also commerce and the climate are affected by transgenic crops.

Note: While there is scientific evidence that foods produced from GM crops currently available pose no greater danger to human health than traditional foods, the protection of GM foods is a core issue for opponents.