Disease resistant transgenic plants

Patent Granted The term GM ("genetically modified") is often used as a synonym of transgenic to refer to plants modified using recombinant DNA technologies. Plants with transgenic/GM disease resistance against insect pests have been extremely successful as commercial products, especially in maize and cotton, and are planted annually on over 20 million hectares in over 20 countries worldwide[24] (see also genetically modified crops). Transgenic plant disease resistance against microbial pathogens was first demonstrated in 1986.