Name: _Levi Luna________________________________ Date : __December 4, 2022___ __

Course/Year/Section: _BS ENTREP 1-H____________ Professor: Mrs. Marlyn T. Aranaz

Subject: Science, Technology and Society

Activity No. 10

I. Directions: Open your internet connection and search the word genetically modified organism. List down
the genetically modified crops, fruits and vegetables. Look for the desirable traits of the GMO products, also
what are the inserted genome to make it more available to people.

Crops/ Desirable Inserted Photo of GMO

Vegetable/Fruits Traits of GMO Genome
1. Tomato Crispr could be the genes for
used to make capsaicinoids
them active. This (the chemicals
is desirable that give
because, chillies their
compared to heat)
tomatoes,
chillies are
difficult to farm
and
capsaicinoids
have other
useful
applications
besides their
flavour.
2. Corn Most GMO corn Bacillus
is created to thuringiensis
resist insect (Bt) corn is a
pests or tolerate GMO corn
herbicides. that produces
proteins that
are toxic to
certain insect
pests but not
to humans,
pets,
livestock, or
other animals.
3. Potato Some GMO Acrylamide is
potatoes were a probable
developed to human
resist insect carcinogen, so
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 pests and reduced levels
disease. In of it in fried
addition, some potato foods
GMO potato is desirable.
varieties have
been developed
to resist bruising
and browning
that can occur
when potatoes
are packaged,
stored, and
transported, or
even cut in your
kitchen.
4. Sugar beet Inserting specific Herbicide-
genes into resistant
soybeans genes inserted
improves the into their
plant by making genetic
it stronger and structure so
more resistant to that farmers
potential can use
damage. herbicides to
destroy
invasive
weeds
without
harming the
soybean
plant.
5. Pink Pineapple The GMO pink Pineapple has
pineapple was been
developed to genetically
have pink flesh engineered to
by increasing the produce lower
levels of levels of the
lycopene. enzymes
already in
conventional
pineapple that
convert the
pink pigment
lycopene to
the yellow
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 pigment beta
carotene
6. Canola GMO canola is A gene
used mostly to derived from
make cooking oil the common
and margarine. soil bacterium
Canola seed Agrobacteriu
meal can also be m strain CP4,
used in food for that encodes
animals. for the EPSPS
enzyme. The
other is a
gene from the
Brucella
anthropi
strain LBAA,
which
encodes for
the enzyme
glyphosate
oxidase
(GOX).
7.Apple A few varieties To make a
of GMO apples variety called
were developed the Arctic
to resist Golden,
browning after researchers
being cut. began with
Golden
Delicious
apple buds
and inserted
an engineered
piece of
genetic
material
called a
transgene
that
contained the
anti-PPO
gene.
8. Soy bean Inserting specific Herbicide-
genes into resistant
soybeans genes inserted
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 improves the into their
plant by making genetic
it stronger and structure so
more resistant to that farmers
potential can use
damage. herbicides to
destroy
invasive
weeds
without
harming the
soybean
plant.
9. Rice Rice plants have Potrykus' lab
been modified to used an
increase Agrobacteriu
micronutrients m mediated
such accelerate transformatio
photosynthesis,a n, where
s vitamin A, engineered
tolerate bacteria
herbicides, resist inserted its
pests, increase DNA into the
grain size, Etc. targeted rice
plant
embryos.
10. Papaya Genetically Then
modified papaya researchers
may be able to developed the
resist disease transgenic
such as ringspot papaya SunUp
virus. by using a
technique
called particle
bombardment
-mediated
transformatio
n

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Name: _Levi Luna_______________________________________ Date : _December 4,
2022_________
Course/Year/Section: _BS ENTREP 1-H__________________ Professor: Mrs. Marlyn T. Aranaz
Subject: Science, Technology and Society

Quiz No. 10

Instruction: Answer the following questions in not less than five sentences each. Your answers will be
graded according to:
Content - 3 pts
Coherence of idea - 2 pts
TOTAL - 5 pts

1. Based on experiences, what is the current public perception on GMOs?

Based on my experience, they are completely safe to consume, but there are concerns about whether
some modified plants, if released into the wild, would disrupt the local environment because they have
been altered to fend off pests that prevent the development of their unmodified neighbors. But since we
transplant plants into places where they are not natural, this is a problem that affects all human-produced
crops to some extent.

2. Discuss at least two benefits of GMOs.

One of the benefits of GMOs is the greater farming efficiency. Through the use of GMOs,
pesticide/herbicide-tolerant crops are developed, meaning that fewer crops are harmed when pesticides
and herbicides are used to get rid of invasive species and pests. That results in a higher rate of harvested
crops. Another benefits of GMOs is the Improvement of Desired Qualities. The main goal of GMOs is to
create better products with more desirable features. Through GMOs, we may produce/reduce specific
enzymes, increase color and flavor, extend shelf life, and achieve other desired characteristics.

3. Discuss at least potential risks of GMOs.

One of the potential risk of GMOs is some people have seen allergic reactions after consuming GMO
products, which they assume are a result of gene modification. Food is believed to undergo mutation and
abnormal development through alteration in addition to acquiring the desirable properties. Another
potential risk of GMOs is the ability to produce human genetic information was believed to lead to the
misuse of power by those who hold the information, putting those who don't at a disadvantage. These
potential hazards were also highlighted in terms of improper handling of GMOs.

4. If given a seat in the senate will you or will you not publish a bill in advantage of production of GMOs?
Why?

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If i given a seat in the senate, i will publish a bill in advantage of production of GMOs. We can improve
varieties by selection. Planting the seeds of those plants that have the desired qualities. That takes time,
but we have been doing that a long time. So long, that some plants don’t look at all now like they
originally looked. That is the slow way to modify genetics. I know there are a lot of issues with corn and
soybean crops that have been genetically modified so that those plants will not be killed. But I don’t see
that has a valid reason not to use our gains in science for producing bigger yields and controlling
competition at a lower cost.