Strategies For Enhancement In Food Production Question 167
Question: Insect resistance transgenic cotton has been produced by inserting a piece of DNA from [CPMT 2004]
Options:
A) An insect
B) A bacterium
C) A wild relative of cotton
D) A virus
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
Insect (i.e., Boll worm) resistant transgenic cotton has been produced through genetic engineering by inserting a piece of DNA from bacterium Bacillus thuringensis.