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Agriculture · Q315

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 315

Q315

Transgenic crop which have highest area in world is

A.
Soybean
Answer
B.
Maize
C.
Potato
D.
Cotton

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Transgenic crop which has highest area in world is Soybean.
India has the world's fifth largest cultivated area under genetically modified (GM) crops, at 11.4 million hectares (mh) in 2017.
In 2020, GMO soybeans made up 94% of all soybeans planted, GMO cotton made up 96% of all cotton planted, and 92% of corn planted was GMO corn. In 2013, GMO canola made up 95% of canola planted while GMO sugar beets made up 99.9% of all sugar beets harvested.