Comment on Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to AntibioticsparentComments−code_duck7ySure, the traits are typically insect tolerance and herbicide tolerance. I guess I’m giving BT short shrift. Many crops have both traits.https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/adoption-of-genetical...Upwards of 90% of all major crops (corn, soy, cotton, beets) have BT, HT or both. Other GMO crops and traits are dwarfed by scale of this mass cultivation.https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/DataFiles/47649/alltables.x...Notice that traits like drought resistance don’t come up at all.
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Sure, the traits are typically insect tolerance and herbicide tolerance. I guess I’m giving BT short shrift. Many crops have both traits.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/adoption-of-genetical...
Upwards of 90% of all major crops (corn, soy, cotton, beets) have BT, HT or both. Other GMO crops and traits are dwarfed by scale of this mass cultivation.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/DataFiles/47649/alltables.x...
Notice that traits like drought resistance don’t come up at all.