Bt cotton is a genetically modified crop that produces a toxin derived from:
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Bacillus thuringiensis
Escherichia coli
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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The terminator gene technology causes
Failure of seed setting after one generation
Breakage of seed dormancy
Early flowering in plants
None of the above
Strains of are used in producing.
Bioinsecticidal plants
Biomineralisation
Biometallurgiacal techniques
Biofertilizers
Pest resistant Bt cotton crop has been developed by transferring a gene from
Agro bacterium
Meloidogyne incognita
Bacillus thuringiens is
E.Coli
is a bacterium of
Dirty water
Skin of cat
Soil
Surface of midgut
Which of the following statements are considered as the advantages of biotechnology?
I. Creation of fermented food
II. Production of pestresistant crops
III. Plants yielding more nutritious and tastier fruits
IV. Production of new types of medicine to fight dangerous disease
Choose the correct option
Only IV
I and III
I, II and III
I, II, III and IV
Genetic diversity in agricultural crops is threatened by
Introduction of high yielding varieties
Intensive use of fertilizers
Extensive intercropping
Intensive use of biopesticides
The most likely reason for the development of resistance against pesticides in insect damaging a crop is
The pesticide causes mutations in the insects that make them resistant.
Some insects have genes that make them resistant to the pesticide, and these genes are passed on to their offspring.
The insects learn to avoid areas where the pesticide has been applied.
The pesticide strengthens the insects' immune systems, making them resistant.
Meloidegyme incognitia causes a great reduction in yield of
Bean
Tobacco
Rice
Cotton
Which of the following crops have been brought to India from New world?
Cashew, Potato, rubber
Mango, Tea
Tea, rubber, Mango
Mango Only
In plant tissue culture, the property that allows a single cell to give rise to a whole plant is:
Apomixis
Parthenocarpy
Totipotency
Polyembryony
