Genetic modification, a process used to change an organism’s genes and hence its characteristics, is now being used to improve trees. Through genetic modification, it is possible to create trees that produce more fruits, grow faster, or withstand adverse conditions. Planting genetically modified trees on a large scale promises to bring a number of benefits.
Firstly, genetically modified trees are designed to be hardier than nature trees; that is, they are more likely to survive than their unmodified counterparts. In Hawaii, for example, a new pest-resistant species of papaya trees has been developed in response to ringspot virus infections that have repeatedly damaged the native papaya tree population. Planting the genetically modified papayas has largely put an end to the ringspot problem.
Moreover, genetically modified trees promise to bring a number of economic benefits to those who grow them. Genetically modified trees tend to grow faster, give greater yields of food, fruit, or other products and be hardier. This allows tree farmers to get faster and greater returns on their farming investment and save on pesticides as well.
Finally, the use of genetically modified trees can prevent overexploitation of wild trees. Because of the growing demand for firewood or building timber, many forests around the world are being cut down faster than they can be replaced. Introducing genetically modified trees, designed for fast growth and high yield in given geographic conditions, would satisfy the demand for wood in many of those areas and save the endangered native trees, which often include unique or rare species.
The reading states that genetically modified trees have several advantages and given several reasons. However, the lecturer challenges the claims made by the author. He says that although these trees have some advantages it is not proven and added some cost and rebuts each of the author's claims.
First of all, the reading of the author states that genetically modified trees are more capable to survive than their unmodified counterparts and present an example in hawaii land, where papaya trees are affected by the ringspot virus and then repeatedly damaged their populations. Thus, after planting genetically modified trees are capable to resist ringspot problem. This specific argument is challenged by the lecturer. He says that resistance of virus it actually indicates one condition but does not mean to survival. Furthermore, the lecturer elaborated on this point that modification only possible to specific types of trees and for a specific reason but it would not prevent them from other causes like natural disasters and soil erosion etc. Thus, the genetical modification procedure is not the total solution, hence this concept does not hold water.
secondly, the reading posits that genetically modified trees allow tree farmers to return on their farming investment and save on pesticides very faster and greater way because these tres tended to grow faster and have produced profound food, fruits, and other products. the lecturer, however, refutes this claim that genetically modified trees seed is more costly than naturally growing trees. In addition, the farmer always made paid every planting of seeds according by the low. Hence, this procedure actually brings more cost rather than any economic benefits.
Finally, the reading asserts that overexploitation could have prevented through genetical modification of trees. Moreover, the reading says that modified trees grow faster and produce a large number of product, thus it would satisfy the demand of wood in many areas and save the endangered native trees. In contrast, the lecturer's position is that modified trees actually occurs large damages of native trees population because for faster growing they do compete for sunlight, water and nutrient and therefore, native trees can not compete and damages.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, finally, first, furthermore, hence, however, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, then, therefore, thus, in addition, in contrast, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.4613686534 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 7.30242825607 246% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 22.412803532 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 5.01324503311 239% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1941.0 1373.03311258 141% => OK
No of words: 355.0 270.72406181 131% => OK
Chars per words: 5.4676056338 5.08290768461 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.34067318298 4.04702891845 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.58723768708 2.5805825403 100% => OK
Unique words: 192.0 145.348785872 132% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.540845070423 0.540411800872 100% => OK
syllable_count: 602.1 419.366225166 144% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 73.5619424363 49.2860985944 149% => OK
Chars per sentence: 121.3125 110.228320801 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.1875 21.698381199 102% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.8125 7.06452816374 139% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 4.33554083885 208% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.187686210474 0.272083759551 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0624967818765 0.0996497079465 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0506885044904 0.0662205650399 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.117252571163 0.162205337803 72% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.041027432582 0.0443174109184 93% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.4 13.3589403974 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 53.8541721854 76% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 11.0289183223 119% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.45 12.2367328918 118% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.09 8.42419426049 108% => OK
difficult_words: 98.0 63.6247240618 154% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 10.7273730684 107% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.498013245 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.0 Out of 30
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