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Biotechnology and Crop Protection Services
Since the first commercial biotech crops were grown in 1996, plant biotechnology has been rapidly adopted by farmers. Increasingly, farmers are now planting biotech seeds because of the clear benefits they bring. Through crossbreeding and hybridization scientists are able to produce a plant with new, advantageous characteristics and crops commercialized to date have been modified to improve agronomic traits like insect resistance, herbicide tolerance, pathogen resistance or a combination of the three. Quality traits, such as fruits and vegetables fortified with vitamins, are now close to market and several common crops have been modified to enhance their resistance to insects, such as cotton and herbicides, such as tomatoes.
