Genetically Modified Crop + Plant Cloning

Question 1

What are GM crop

Answer 1

genetic engineering to modify crops

Question 2

What are the benefits of GM crops

Answer 2

increased yields
resistant to disease
drought tolerance

Question 3

What are the negatives of GM crops

Answer 3

genes could get into weeds and make them resistant

vector could cause gene transfer

allergy severity

Question 4

What is a clone

Answer 4

individual been produced asexually/sexually and is genetically identical to the parent

Question 5

Why clone plants

Answer 5

desirable characteristics of parent

Question 6

What is the simple way of cloning a plant

Answer 6

letting it do it naturally
OR
taking a cutting

Question 7

What is the new plant cloning method called

Answer 7

tissue culture

Question 8

What is the first step to tissue culture

Answer 8

using a mixture of plant hormones to make small group of cells from desired plant clone

Question 9

What is the second step to tissue culture following small group of cells forming

Answer 9

a big mass of identical plant cells will form called a callus

Question 10

When you have a callus what do you do (3rd step plant cloning)

Answer 10

use different mixture of hormones to stimulate each cell to form new plant