|
Target
|
Trait
|
Illustrative crops
|
|
Improved productivity
|
Drought
tolerance
Salinity
tolerance
Aluminum
tolerance
Disease
resistance
|
corn
rice
tobacco
rice
|
|
Health
benefits
|
Vitamin
A content
Iron
content
Reduced
toxins
|
rice,
mustard
rice
cassava
|
|
Value
added traits
|
Colour
changes
Flavour
changes
|
flowers
tomato
|
|
Plants
for medicinal purposes
|
Vaccine
production
|
banana , potato,
tomato, tobacco |
|
Plants
for industrial purposes
|
Biodegradable
plastic production
Starch
production
Alcohol
production
|
corn
corn
sugarcane
|
|
“Self
regulating” plants
|
Limiting
gene flow to related and/or wild species
|
oilseed
rape
|
|
Removing
toxic compounds from the environment (bioremediation)
|
Mercury
pollution
Cadmium
contamination
|
Arabidopsis thaliana
tobacco
|
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