Gujarati
Hindi
10.Biotechnology and its Application
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Identify the transgenic crops that are modified to develop natural resistance to insects or pests from the follwong :

A

Tobacco and cotton

B

Tomato and rice

C

Maize and sugarcane

D

Tomato and wheat

Solution

Insect resistant transgenic plant Bt Cotton contains the cry gene from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis that forms Bt toxin.

The tobacco plants are genetically modified to resist attack from Meloidogyne incognitia (round worm) that causes root rot.

Standard 12
Biology

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