Consequently, animals which would never have survived in the wild managed to survive reproduce and subsequently create an entirely new breed of animal with characteristics that donot appear in the wild. ... In selecting plants for food, they might have first consciously selected plant varieties that had desirable taste and unconsciously selected varieties with high nutritional value. At different times in different centers of domestication, people began to encourage the growth of desirable plants by removing competing plants and/or cultivating the soil. ... Over time, humans learned to sel...

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Natural pesticides originate from venom of animals [for example snakes], and plants [for example nicotine]. ... Chemicals taken from plants and animals create a much lower risk for humans and ecosystems because they are natural and are not harmful to the environment. ... For many years, pesticides have been used to aid plant resistance, cultural, mechanical and biological tactics in an incorporated pest management system to fight off against destructive pests. Pesticides can be toxic to man, animals and plants of improperly used. ... Many characteristics that had not been considered necessary ...

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An example of this would be tomatoes implanted with a gene from a vibrantly colored plant to give it that color trait. More useful applications include genes that increase disease resistance of plants as well as increased nutritional potential. ... Its intended target is children, with vitamin A deficiency in mind.1 Besides the consumers being the benefactors of the GM Food, farmers also have incentive to plant GMC's. ... If a crop does not respond positively to an inserted gene it may display unwanted characteristics included with the original trait. Some of these unwanted characteris...

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These crops have been added some particular genetic characteristics in order to grow faster, reproduce quicker, have a better taste, last long, more resistance, better nutrition facts, etc. ... Although a majority of academic and industrial sciencetists agree that transgenic crops pose no risk for the environment or human health, some others believed that certain applications of modern plant biotechnology are hazard (). ...

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