Genetically Modified Soybeaans essays

Genetically Modified Soybeaans essays Roundup Ready Soybeans are soybeans made to maximize the herbicide ability of a spray called Roundup Glyphosate is the active or main ingredient in Roundup. Glyphosate or phosphonomethylglycine, is a white, odorless solid that dissolves in water (Some Food for FDA Regulation). Once it is sprayed on a plant it is absorbed and then moves through the plant tissues where it inhibits the production of the enzyme EPSP synthase. This stops the plant from making amino acids essential for life, which results in death. This means that Roundup cannot be sprayed on any fields where the crop has begun to sprout out of the ground since the herbicide would end up killing the crop which had been planted in the field (Some Food for FDA Regulation). The Glyphosate in Roundup will not effect attended vegetables by moving through the soil, which also results in the lessening chance of it moving into groundwater, which lessens the chance of pollution (Some Food for FDA Regulation). Roundup can only be us ed before the crop reach a certain stage of growth. This is why Roundup Ready soybeans were created and this allows for farmers to have superior weed control and also maximize field potential. The ability to produce great crop was enhanced since farmers could use this, plus it was extremely cheap ( Winston 135). Roundup Ready soybeans are tolerant to the herbicide Roundup because each and every seed is injected with a gene called Roundup Ready gene (Genetically Modified Crops). Genetically modified beans has no particular purpose, besides the fact that it helps the production of more soybeans for cheaper cost. Briefly the process for injecting this gene was identifying and isolating the gene that was able to resist herbicide from a common garden plant, called geranium (Genetically Modified Crops). Then attaching it to a gold dust and blasting the gold dust at a soyb ...