Learning Objectives

At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

• Identify where breeding fits into the genetic engineering story
• Explain why a transformed plant isn’t used directly in the field
• Manipulate a flower to control a cross 
• Recognize how long the breeding process takes and why
• Defend why multiple crosses/generations have to be made
• Explain how breeders know that a plant has the trait they are looking for