Roundup Ready Corn Is a Transgenic Crop That Is Resistant

question 15

Multiple Choice

Roundup Ready corn is a transgenic crop that is resistant to the herbicide Roundup glyphosate.What is the main reason that farmers would want to plant Roundup Ready corn?

• A)Roundup Ready corn produces its own herbicide,which would kill nearby weeds without the farmers having herbicides on their fields.
• B)Many farmers have problems with airborne Roundup drifting in from nearby farms,and Roundup Ready corn would be protected from such airborne herbicide.
• C)Farmers can use Roundup on the weeds in their cornfields without killing their corn.
• D)Water supplies are often contaminated with Roundup,which typically kills corn.Such contaminated water can be used only on Roundup Ready crops.

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