Roundup Ready corn is a transgenic crop that is resistant to the herbicide Round

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Roundup Ready corn is a transgenic crop that is resistant to the herbicide Roundup (glyphosate). What is the main reason that farmers would want to plant Roundup Ready corn? without killing their corn. ORoundup Ready corn produces its own herbicide, which would kill nearby weeds without the farmers having herbicides on their fields O Water supplies are often contaminated with Roundup, which typically kills corn. Such contaminated water can be used only on Roundup Ready crops. O Many farmers have problems with airborne Roundup drifting in from nearby farms, and Roundup Ready corn would be protected from such airborne herbicide.

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Roundup Ready crops are crops genetically modified to be resistant to the herbicide Roundup.These crops were developed to help farmers control weeds.

Therefore second option is correct.

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