Their goal was to decide if genetically modified rice was helping farmers reduce pesticide use in the fields, Increasing yield and having any familiar health effects on the farmers growing the genetically modified rice strains.They examined data from field trials using two genetically modified rice strains: your current Xianyou 63, Created to be resistant against rice stem borer and leaf roller through insertion of a Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) gene, And the Youming 86 scope, Which is insect resistant due to use of a resistance gene from the cowpea plant. }