Cotton is one crop that is often damaged by a pest insect species. A research program is planned to genetically modify the plants to keep insect damage to a minimum. The aim of the research is to make the plants release a protein that can kill the insects.
1.The insect species will soon spread to other areas.
2.The modified plants will cause a waste of natural resources.
3.The insects may be the natural food of several species of birds.
4.The sales of pesticides will decrease where the modified plants are grown.
5. There may be potential unintended consequences on other organisms in the ecosystem due to the introduction of a foreign protein into the plants.
6. Resistance may develop in the insect species over time, leading to the effectiveness of the genetically modified plants diminishing.
7. There may be concerns about the safety of consuming crops that have been genetically modified with insect-killing proteins.
8. The genetic modification of plants may have unintended effects on other aspects of the plant's biology or on the environment as a whole.