Author Question: What are the pros and cons of genetically engineering plants for use as agricultural or food crops? ... (Read 131 times)

rlane42 · **on:** Jul 21, 2018

What are the pros and cons of genetically engineering plants for use as
agricultural or food crops?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

How would you describe a common leaf, such as a maple, by its shape,
arrangement and margin?

What will be an ideal response?

Sweetkitty24130 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Responses will vary, pros are higher crop yields and diversity with disease and pest
resistance and cons are additional needed studies to confirm the safety of GM
consumption or its possible effects of the ecosystem

Answer to Question 2

Responses will vary, but students should be aware that leaves have different shapes,
such as flat, needlelike, or cylindrical; different arrangements on the stem, such as
alternate, opposite, or whorled; and margins, or edges of the leaves, that help distinguish them.