<P> The first genetically modified crop plant was produced in 1982 , an antibiotic - resistant tobacco plant . The first field trials occurred in France and the USA in 1986 , when tobacco plants were engineered for herbicide resistance . In 1987 , Plant Genetic Systems ( Ghent , Belgium ) , founded by Marc Van Montagu and Jeff Schell , was the first company to genetically engineer insect - resistant ( tobacco ) plants by incorporating genes that produced insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis ( Bt ) . </P>
<P> The first genetically modified crop plant was produced in 1982 , an antibiotic - resistant tobacco plant . The first field trials occurred in France and the USA in 1986 , when tobacco plants were engineered for herbicide resistance . In 1987 , Plant Genetic Systems ( Ghent , Belgium ) , founded by Marc Van Montagu and Jeff Schell , was the first company to genetically engineer insect - resistant ( tobacco ) plants by incorporating genes that produced insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis ( Bt ) . </P>
when was the first genetically modified plant produced in a laboratory
when was the first genetically modified plant produced in a laboratory
1982
1982