Morphology, Organic Agriculture

Research shows that organic farming affects the morphological diversity of crops. Ordinarily, the application of agrochemicals in farming influences the phytochemical properties of plants. Alterations to these properties or parameters affect the genes of plants and influences the interactions between parts of the plant’s structure. This implies that in organic farming, the phytochemical properties and genes of plant’s are intact and their morphology unaltered which is not the case with the use of agrochemicals on the farm. By binding chemicals with a plant’s DNA, it is believed that agrochemicals pose genotoxic risks to food products. These risks include altering molecules in the plant’s system and preventing DNA replication that negatively affects the formation and interactions between parts of the plants including its leaves, root and fruits. Contact us with your agricultural research and development enquiries.