The Use of Biotechnological Approaches for the Improvement of Crop

Multiple Choice

The use of biotechnological approaches for the improvement of crop plants has been more controversial than their use to prepare medically useful products. Why?

A) People eat food that could contain transgenes.
B) Crops are grown outside, and there is a chance that a transgene could escape to other organisms.
C) Herbicide-resistance could spread to weed species.
D) Beneficial insects could be harmed by plants expressing the BT toxin.
E) All of the above