Lecture 12: GMO 2 Flashcards
commercialization
1980’s was period of expansion in worlds money supply
available investment capital
integrated seed and agrochemical companies
monsanto, dupont, rhone-poulene, bayer
seed and chemicals as package
burst in 2000
2018 stats
192 million hectares plated in 28 countires
increasing every year
top countries
usa brazil argentina india canada
top crops
soybeans - 50
maize - 30
cotton - 14
canola - 9
top traits
herbicide resistance - 83
stacked traits
insect resistance
stacked traits
combo of 2 or more genetically modified traits
why is it popular with farmers
gmos proved to be cost effective
saved money in chemicals
GMO problems
benefited farmer not consumer involves multi-national companies unpopular in many political circles environmental issues (gene flow) no way of predicting
future of GMO
technology is here to stay
-university discoveries fuel innovation
new biotech method - CRISPR/CAS 9
improve photosynthesis
consumer reaction to GMO
huge and against
-first release was tomatoes in UK but didnt work because of mad cow disease
limits to biotech
tissue culture
transformation
money
