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Herbicide tolerant crop plants are beneficial in agriculture.

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i. Unwanted weeds adversely affect the growth of crop plants.
ii. Unwarranted use of herbicides to kill these weeds may also affect the crop plants.
iii. For better agricultural outputs, selective destruction of only weeds is essential.
iv. Hence, in order to target only unwanted weeds and protect the crops from ill-effects of herbicides, herbicide tolerant crop plants are beneficial in agriculture.
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