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Avermectins (AVM) are macrocyclic lactones which have potent antihelminthic and insecticidal action. They are generally derived from the mycelia of
Options
A.
Streptomyces avermitilis
B.
B. thrunigiensis
C.
P. flourescens
D.
L. peruvianum
Correct Answer
Streptomyces avermitilis
Special Proteins and Crop Improvement problems
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1. Cultivated tomato species (
Lycopersicon esculentum
) has a high degree of resistance towards
Options
A.
Meloidogyne spp.nematodes
B.
L. peruviaanum
C. both (a) and (b)
D.
Solarium melongena
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Correct Answer:
L. peruviaanum
2. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) is a method that
Options
A. stimulate production of sense RNA to compensate
B. activate the expression of all genes in a biochemical pathway
C. eliminate the expression of all genes in a biochemical pathway
D. reveals intra-specific variation and diversity between species
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Correct Answer: reveals intra-specific variation and diversity between species
3. cDNA clone prepared to stigma mRNA of
Brassica oleracea
can be used as a probe on DNA digests of segregating populations to recognize
Options
A. Aegilops
B. Triticum
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. S alleles
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Correct Answer: S alleles
4. Which of the following constituent/(s) is/are added to help in speedy generation of meristem culture in case of
Ipomoea batatas
improvement?
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A. Auxins
B. Cytokinins
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. Adenine
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Correct Answer: Both (a) and (b)
5. Which of the following technique can be used to develop nematode resistant plants?
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A. Embryo-rescue
B. Mutation
C. Non-recombinant DNA
D. All of these
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Correct Answer: All of these
6. Somaclonal variation method refers to
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A. heritable changes
B. genetic isolation
C. small number of species having limited commercial potential
D. large number of plant cells
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Correct Answer: heritable changes
7. Cultivated tomato species (
Lycopersicon esculentum
) is highly susceptible to
Options
A.
Meloidogyne spp. nematodes
B.
L. peruviaanum
C. both (a) and (b)
D.
Solarium melongena
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Correct Answer:
Meloidogyne spp. nematodes
8. Involvement of sugarcane phytoalexins in red-hot resistance has been observed. The phytoalexin compound is reported to be
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A. 3-deoxyanthocyanidin
B. luteolinidin
C. apigeninidin
D. 5-0 apigeninidin
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Correct Answer: 3-deoxyanthocyanidin
9. Wheat variety Rendezvous, with resistance to eye spot (
Pseudo-cercosporella herpotrichoides
) derived from
Aegilops ventricosa
, has a chloroplast genome derived from
Options
A. Aegilops
B. Triticum
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. S alleles
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Correct Answer: Aegilops
10. When the transposon jumps into an otherwise functional gene, it has the effect of
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A. blocking correct transcription
B. initiating correct transcription
C. propagating correct transcription
D. initiating some genetic codes
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Correct Answer: blocking correct transcription
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