Sentences with phrase «add plant traits»
We add plant traits from oil producing plants, like safflower and olive to our algae through the use of biotechnology.
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We add these plant traits to our algae to help make an even better oil that's higher in monounsaturated and lower in saturated fat.
Not exact matches
By adding these new genes, genetic engineers hope the plant will express the traits associated with the genes, such as resistance to certain diseases or herbicides.
The newer process of genetic engineering, which involves inserting genes from unrelated species into a plant's genome to add desirable traits, has been used in crops such as corn, soy, and potatoes.
Thomas Givnish, a plant ecologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, adds that the hypothesis could be strengthened by «exposing these plants to... emus or ostriches to demonstrate that these traits deter browsing by birds.»
Currently, most of the genetically modified crops commercially available have added traits that protect plants from pests and make them resistant to herbicides.
«Thus far,» Hedin added, «everybody has quite naturally tried to understand how plants are organized by looking at above - ground traits.