Transgenic Plants

Transgenic plants are plants that have been genetically modified using modern biotechnology techniques. Their genome has been modified by inserting or deleting a gene or genes from another organism. Transgenic plants are used for a variety of purposes including increased crop production and disease resistance, improved nutritional value of food, enhanced environmental stress tolerance, improved herbicide resistance and industrial production of proteins and other valuable compounds. These plants are important in the agricultural world as they are able to adapt better to climate change and diseases, provide essential nutrition to people, and help the environment by reducing the need for chemical inputs. They also have the potential to be used in the development of new drugs, proteins, enzymes and other useful materials. Transgenic plants are a powerful tool in the fight against hunger, poverty and disease.