{"id":4110,"date":"2014-10-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/4110\/smart-breeding\/"},"modified":"2024-11-19T22:04:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T22:04:57","slug":"smart-breeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/smart-breeding\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Breeding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>Genetically engineered crops are very limited in sophistication, being almost completely dominated by herbicide tolerance and insect resistance traits. Could the numerous tools of biotechnology deliver better outcomes? This report tries to answer that question.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class='wp-block-image size-large p4featured_image'><img src='https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/3596b717-468-cover.jpg' alt='468-Cover.jpg' \/><figcaption class='wp-element-caption'><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"371\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html#2537715\/9840306\" width=\"525\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Genetic engineering has an inability to deal with complex (multi-genetic) traits (often the ones most useful, such as increased yield) and, latterly, its delivery record \u2013 given the large amount of private and public sector money and political oxygen \u2013 is becoming increasingly difficult to justify.<\/p>\n<p>A different application of biotechnology \u2013 marker assisted selection (MAS) \u2013 is quietly making a significant impact. MAS uses a conventional breeding approach \u2013 it is not genetic engineering. 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