Publication/Creation Date

August 10 2018

Creators/Contributors

Eric Niiler (creator)

Description

The use of genetic engineering in agriculture to modify organisms (crops) for yeild quanitity and quality increase. This can mean that the crops are better able to survive in climates that are not common for that plant, or that the crops are more nutrient dense compared to the unmodified version of the crop.

Augments

Eating, Growing, Producing, Changing, Altering

Technology Keywords

Genetic Engineering, CRISPR-Cas9, Biotechnology, Transcription Activator-like Effector Nuclease (TALEN)

Keywords

Food, Agriculture, Environment , Nutrition , Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), Genetics, Ethics, Research

Source

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/future-of-food/food-technology-gene-editing/