(a) Higher yield: It increases production of crop.

(b) Biotic and abiotic resistance: Crop should be resistant to biotic factors like diseases, insects, pests and abiotic factor like drought, salinity, heat, cold, frost and water logging.

(c) Change in maturity duration: Short-duration maturity allows farmer to grow more crops in a year and reduces the cost of crop production.

(d) Wider adaptability: Crop should be able to adapt to changing environmental conditions.

(e) Desirable agronomic characteristics: The tallness and dwarfness of crop. Dwarfness is required for cereals, so that less nutrients are consumed.