Intended Effect: Improved Food and Feed Quality

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INTENDED EFFECT: Improved Food and Feed Quality (Animals)

Pig

Transgenic pigs with elevated levels of growth hormone were infertile, pre-diabetic, and experienced joint problems.

INTENDED EFFECT: Improved Food and Feed Quality (Plants)

Improved Feed Quality - Accumulation of Anthocyanins

Alfalfa

Alfalfa with corn transgenes for anthocyanin (red-purple pigment) production was not visibly altered or changed dependent on different light and temperature conditions.

Improved Feed Quality - Reduced Lignin Content

Alfalfa

Plant height and flowering were altered in alfalfa genetically engineered to reduce lignin content.

Improved Food Quality - More Attractive Color

Sugarcane

Sugarcane engineered to reduce polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity had greater PPO activity, even without the transgene.

Improved Food Quality - Nutrition

Barley

Transgenic barley plants over-expressing a zinc transport protein had smaller seeds and did not accumulate more zinc when grown in zinc-deficient soil.

Corn (Maize)

Transgene in corn, intended to raise iron availability, also changed levels of other minerals and proteins.

Rice

New GMO Rice Lines in India Are High in Vitamin A Precursor, But Unfit for Cultivation Due to Low Yield and Lack of Plant Vigor