Second Generation
Developed by late 1990s
- Viral resistance in rice (e.g. to rice yellow mottle virus), cassava, papaya, sweet potatoes, pepper
- Nematode resistance in various cereal and other (e.g. banana) crops
- Frost tolerance e.g. introduce Arctic Flounder genes
- Pharming e.g. sheep and pigs modified to produce human proteins in their milk, such as insulin, interferon