Introduction

                              Transgenic plants are plants that contain artificially inserted gene sequences known as transgene through recombinant DNA technology. In the traditional plant breeding, there is limited ways to alter the plants. For example, only plants of the same or closely related species can be crossed breed to obtain a desired genetic yield. However, by using transgenic technology, plant breeders can obtain varieties of combination of desired traits from different species of plants, and even from other organisms, such as bacteria, animal and virus. Transgenic technology allows breeders to obtain the required results such as herbicide- tolerant plants in much shorter time compared to the crossed breeding.​

                            Transgenic plants with the insert target gene (transgene) is also known as transgenetic plants, genetically engineered plants, or genetically modified (GM) crops to distinguish them from plants whose genetic structure has been altered by domestication and artificially selected breeding.​

                             In addition, transgenic plants normally possess certain desired traits such as resistant toward certain chemicals like herbicide- resistant crops. Some even give different appearance, for example, the transgenic plants of Golden Rice gave an orange gold appearance compared to the non-genetically rice which is white in color . Besides that, plant breeders also altered transgenic plants to make them more tolerant of heat, cold, drought, or rain so that they can continue their survival when climate changes.  Despite that, transgenic plants are also altered to increase their nutrient content such as Golden Rice which has genes for beta-carotene biosynthesis to solve vitamin A deficiency problem in poor country.