A researcher uses Agrobacterium tumefaciens to introduce a gene into a plant cell. Which of the following is NOT a crucial step in this process?
Infection of plant cells with the engineered Agrobacterium
Insertion of the gene of interest into the Ti plasmid
Ligation of the gene into a yeast expression vector
Regeneration of the transformed plant cells
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Which of the following nematode infects the roots of the tobacco plants which reduce the production of tobacco?
Wuchereria
Manduca sexta
Meloidegyne incognitia
Enterbius
Crystals of toxin produced by some bacteria do not kill the bacteria themselves because?
Bacteria are resistant to the toxin
Toxin in immature
Toxin is inactive
Bacteria enclose the toxin in special sac
Which bacteria was the first to be used as biopesticide on the commercial scale in the world?
Bacillus thuringiensis
E. coli
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Golden rice is a transgenic variety of rice which contains good quantities of
-carotene (pro-vitamin-A)
-carotene (pro-vitamin-A)
-carotene (pro-vitamin-B)
All of the above
Cry I endotoxins obtained from Bacillus thuringenisis are effective against?
Nematodes
Boll worms
Mosquitos
Flies
Genetically modified plants have been useful in increasing
Crop yield
Nutritional value of food
Tolerance against abiotic stresses
All of the above
The slow ripening transgenic tomato was developed in USA by using?
Antisense RNA technology
Ribozyme technology
Co β suppression technology
ELISA
Consider the following statements
I. Specific toxin gene have been isolated from
II. toxin is coded by a gene named
III. toxin protein exists as inactive protoxins
Which of the statements given above are correct?
I, II and III
I and II
I and III
II and III
Pest resistant Bt cotton crop has been developed by transferring a gene from
Agro bacterium
Meloidogyne incognita
Bacillus thuringiens is
E.Coli
The application of biotechnology includes all except
Waste treatment
Energy production
Genetically modified crops
Conventional hybridization