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What are the benefits of Bt crops?
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Benefits of Bt crops:
Bt crops refer to plants that are genetically modified.
The bacteria used to engineer these crops is
Bacillus thuringiensis
.
Some examples of bt crops are bt corn, bt cotton, bt brinjal.
The crops improve the net yield and thereby increasing farmers’ profit.
It reduces soil pollution as it requires fewer pesticides.
Beneficial insects are protected by these crops.
They possess better quality than normal crops.
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