The phrase "altered plant" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to biology, agriculture, or genetic engineering, referring to a plant that has been modified in some way.
Example: "The researchers presented their findings on the effects of the altered plant on local ecosystems."
Alternatives: "modified plant" or "genetically modified plant".
Interspecific competition altered plant survival and growth, supporting our second hypothesis.
Removal of forest floors and, to a lesser degree, compaction significantly altered plant and fungal communities.
In both sown pastures and native grasslands, swine rooting altered plant community composition reducing agricultural productivity.
Grazing by reindeer has altered plant communities by reduction or local elimination of the most preferred species.
The organic matter contained in oil shale is principally kerogen, a solid product of bacterially altered plant and animal remains that is not soluble in traditional petroleum solvents.
The rodents differentially altered plant community structure relative to their different mound types, herbivory, and spatial scales of disturbance.
To determine whether the erosion of diversity closer to edges was due to altered plant-enemy interactions, we applied fungicide and insecticide treatments to a subset of plots at each sampling station (Fig. 1d).
This avoids heavy regulatory costs because genetically altered plants must be tested for safety for each site that is modified.
Both S and N gradients altered plants performance and modulated competitive interactions.
The farmer, Percy Schmeiser, acknowledges that Monsanto investigators found altered plants on his land, but he insists he did not plant them.
British newspapers routinely call ingredients from genetically altered plants "Frankenfood," and pollsters say just 1percentt of Britons think that genetically modifying plants has any value at all.
