Question

Main objective of production/use of herbicide resistant genetically modified crops is to?

• A. Encourage eco-friendly herbicides
• B. Eliminate weeds from the field without the use of herbicides
• C. Eliminate weeds from the field without the use of manual labor.
• D. Reduce herbicide accumulation in food particles for health safety

Answer 1

The correct option is D

Reduce herbicide accumulation in food particles for health safety

The correct option is D

Explanation of correct option

Option D

1. The main objective behind using genetically modified crops which is herbicide-resistant not to reduce the accumulation of herbicides.

Explanation of incorrect options

Option A

1. The main objective is that the usage of herbicides to remove weeds should not affect the main crop. It is not to encourage the use of eco-friendly herbicides.

Option B

1. This statement is wrong. We are genetically modifying the crop in order to make it resistant to the herbicide that can be used to remove the weeds.

Option C

1. If we use genetically modified crops, the usage of herbicide won't affect the crop negatively because it has resistance.
2. And by doing this, weeds will die when we apply herbicide. No need to worry about the crop with the usage of herbicide-resistant genetically modified crops.

Final answer: The main objective of the production/use of herbicide-resistant genetically modified crops is to reduce herbicide accumulation in food particles for health safety.