Genetically Modified Crops for Sustainable Yield — NEET Biology
📚 Practice ConceptIs there any alternative path that our understanding of genetics can show so that farmers may obtain maximum yield from their fields? Is there a way to minimise the use of fertilisers and chemicals so that their harmful effects on the environment are reduced? Use of genetically modified crops is a possible solution.
Assertion (A): Genetically Modified Organisms have genes altered by manipulation. Reason (R): GM crops provide tolerance to abiotic stresses and reduce reliance on chemical pesticides.
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Correct answer: A — If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
Both statements are true from NCERT. NCERT defines “Plants, bacteria, fungi and animals whose genes have been altered by manipulation are called Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)” and states “GM plants have been useful in many ways. Genetic modification has: (i) made crops more tolerant to abiotic stresses (cold, drought, salt, heat). (ii) reduced reliance on chemical pesticides.” The Reason explains WHY genetic modification is done - to achieve beneficial agricultural traits.
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