The line graph in Figure 2 shows cultivation of three main GMO crops : a corn, a soybeans, and a cotton in the U.S. between 1990 and 2010. Between 1990 and 2001, the corn stayed the same at around 20% while the soybean increased sharply from around 50 % to 70% and the cotton increased considerably from around 60 % to 70%. From 2001 on wards, there was a dramatically increase in the corn reaching a peak of around 80% in 2009. In contrast, the soybean went up significantly between 2001 and 2008 from around 70% to 90% until it dropped gradually in 2009, just like that the corn did but it has little difference because it rose significantly between 2001 and 2008 from around 70% to 80% then declined moderately in 2008 until increased gradually in 2009. Between 2009 and 2010, the corn and soybean remained constant at around 80% and 90% respectively. On the other hand, cotton still climbed considerably from around 80 % to 90%.[3]
Figure 2 show that GMO plants are very popular to use for agriculture. There are a lot of reasons that support why they are popular.First,they are strictly tested for safety and toxicity before they are sold in trade in order to crop in agriculture.So, they are guaranteed that a products form GMO plant have no bad effect for organism if farmer do not use pesticide, insecticide, etc. Another reason that support GMO plants is biotechnology which is used to make GMO plants to have more nutritious. therefore, they ensure that you will get lots of nutrients.The other reason is that GMO plant can directly reduce using pesticide because GMO plants are modified to protect weeds and insects by themselves. So, pesticide which crates toxicity is not important for agriculture anymore.[4]