Jasmati Rice is a conventionally bred, inbred line (variety) of long grain of rice whose name is derived from Jasmine rice and Basmati.
Scientific and industry advocates of genetic engineering dispute this, arguing that genetic engineering produces unintended consequences that are equivalent to those found in conventionally bred plants.
Yet there were unconventional stirrings in the conventionally bred boy.
Tifton 85 is a conventionally bred hybrid essentially created by conventional cross pollination methods.
Citing a conventionally bred potato that turned out to contain an unintended toxin, the report says the hazard lies with the toxin's presence, not the breeding method.
The agency saw no problems with the safety of the conventionally bred offspring of clones.
Cisgenesis (from "same" and "beginning") is one term for organisms that have been engineered using a process in which genes are artificially transferred between organisms that could otherwise be conventionally bred.
The draft risk assessment finds that meat and milk from clones of adult cattle, pigs and goats, and their offspring, are as safe to eat as food from conventionally bred animals.
"Sadly, this time, the greatest damage was to a conventionally bred variety with root rot resistance," a company spokesman said.
Not only genetically altered animals can be patented, it said, but also unusual ones that have been conventionally bred.
