In Pictures: How a plant is genetically modified
Method one - nature's engineer

A plant can be modified using a bacterium which naturally inserts DNA into plant cells to cause tumours it can feed off:

A: Desired gene isolated and placed into DNA section called a plasmid

B: Plasmid transferred into bacterium

C: Bacterium infects plant cells, transferring desired gene into chromosome

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