Scientific illustration

Genetic modification of plants and crops may tend to lead to unusual and sometimes unpredictable outcomes. In some regards GM plants may be seen as an extension of the process of interbreeding and cross-pollination carried out for decades by botanists. However, in traditional techniques there is not generally the possibility of inadvertently creating new 'super-strains' which have wide ranging and detrimental effects on the surrounding ecology.

Computer image created in 3ds Max.