Crop plants whose DNA has been altered by genetic engineering rather than by crossing alone. The first commercially grown GM food crop was the Flavr Savr tomato of 1994, and adoption since has been fast and uneven: from 1.7 million hectares in 1996 to 185.1 million in 2016, about 12 percent of global cropland, concentrated in a handful of crops and countries. The technology's safety record and its corporate control are argued in different registers, and the argument itself is part of the subject. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Origin YearDated from the Flavr Savr tomato, the first commercially grown GM food crop; the first genetically engineered crop plant, a tobacco, was reported in 1983. Classification
Concept ClassGenetic Resources and Crop Diversity 1 Connections
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Genetic engineering beside crossing as a route to new varieties
Source Genetically Modified Crops (Wikipedia)
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1. Genetically Modified Crops (Wikipedia)
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GM crops are plants used in agriculture, the DNA of which has been modified using genetic engineering methods.
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Crop plants whose DNA has been altered by genetic engineering rather than by crossing alone.
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