What Does a GMO Look Like?

We’ve gotten the question several times, “What is a GMO?” While we’ve enlisted plenty of experts who’ve provided insights on what they are, whether they’re dangerous, why they’re not labeled, how they impact the environment, why they’re banned in some countries, and whether they cause allergies, we’ve not actually shown a picture of what they look like. Now, we’ve got pictures!

Provided to us by Dr. Wayne Parrot, Professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at the University of Georgia, here’s what GMO plants look like!

This slideshow shows GMO crops next to plants that exhibit the disease or condition to which the GMO crop is resistant.

Read more about GMOs from these resources:

20120106-OC-AMW-0362” by U.S. Department of Agriculture is licensed under CC BY 2.0.