Has this plant been genetically modified?

Yes! All modern roses originate from the wild dog rose. Plant breeders have produced new roses with more flowers, larger flowers and smellier flowers. Plans are under way for roses without thorns. Yes! Dog rose Image from Paul F. Brain © University of Wales, Swansea. Image courtesy Centre for Bioscience, the Higher Education Academy, ImageBank http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/imagebank

Has this plant been genetically modified?

Yes! In 5000 BCE, the average corn cob was 3 cm long. Genetic modification has produced corn that is much larger – and juicier. Yes! Corn has become a lot bigger over the last 7000 years! Image from Agriculture, University of Reading © University of Reading. Image courtesy Centre for Bioscience, the Higher Education Academy, ImageBank http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/imagebank

Has this plant been genetically modified?

Yes! This is a frost-proof tomato. It contains a gene from a fish! It contains a gene that makes antifreeze proteins to protect it against the cold. This gene comes from the Arctic flounder, a fish that lives in very cold water. Yes! Arctic flounder Image courtesy of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Department of Commerce.

Has this plant been genetically modified?

Yes! This is a beetle-proof potato! It contains a gene that makes a poison that kills the Colorado potato beetle. This gene comes from a tiny bacterium called Bacillus thuringiensis. The potatoes are safe for people to eat. Yes! Colorado potato beetle Image courtesy of Scott Bauer, US Agriculture Research Service, US Department of Agriculture.

Has this plant been genetically modified?

Yes! These beans come from a soybean plant that can survive droughts! It contains a gene from another plant, thale cress, that helps the plant to develop a better root system. Yes! Soybean (left) and thale cress (right) Images courtesy of US Department of Agriculture.

Has this plant been genetically modified?

Image courtesy of Peta Holmes. This ‘golden rice’ can help to prevent children from going blind! It contains genes that help to make vitamin A. Almost 500,000 children lose their sight every year as a result of vitamin A deficiency (VAD). Yes! VAD across the World Image courtesy of Peta Holmes.

Have these plants been genetically modified?

Yes! They all have! They are all forms of the same plant. Cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli have been developed from the same ancestor – wild cabbage. Yes! Wild cabbage

Has this plant been genetically modified?

No: this is a ‘normal’ potato

Has this plant been genetically modified?

No: this is a ‘normal’ tomato