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  • Question
  • Which of the following gene is responsible for resistance against chilling?


  • Options
  • A. Glycerol 1 phosphate acyl transferase
  • B. Polygalactouranase
  • C. ACC deaminase
  • D. Sucrose phosphate synthase gene

  • Correct Answer
  • Glycerol 1 phosphate acyl transferase 


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    • 1. Which of the following gene detoxifies herbicide phosphinothricin?

    • Options
    • A. Nitrilase
    • B. Glutathione S-transferase (GST)
    • C. Phosphinothricin acetyl transferase
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. If the goal were to create a plant resistant to an insecticide, which cell-based plant technology would be most effective?

    • Options
    • A. Clonal propagation
    • B. Cybridization
    • C. Protoplast fusion
    • D. Mutant selection
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following dies from Ti plasmid infection?

    • Options
    • A. Rice
    • B. Corn
    • C. Sorghum
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. Phosphinothricin acetyl transferase is encoded by

    • Options
    • A. gene bxn in Klebsiella pneumoniae
    • B. bar gene in Streptomyces spp
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. Plants derived sexually from the same plant are____ while those derived from somatic tissue from the same plant are____.

    • Options
    • A. identical, different
    • B. different, also different
    • C. different, identical
    • D. plants cannot be derived from somatic tissue
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following self-pollinating plant/(s) tend to be homozygous?

    • Options
    • A. Peas
    • B. Tomato
    • C. Peach
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the agricultural challenges below cannot be solved with transgenic techniques?

    • Options
    • A. Crops are damaged by frost
    • B. Crops are killed by a virus
    • C. Public concern about safety of synthetic pesticides
    • D. Public preference for organic vegetables
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following gene is transferred to plants that detoxify the herbicide atrazine?

    • Options
    • A. Nitrilase
    • B. Glutathione S-transferase (GST)
    • C. Phosphinothrium acetyl transferase
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. Transgenic plants with increased tolerance to aluminum have been produced by making plants that

    • Options
    • A. secrete phytosiderophores into the soil
    • B. make more metal-binding peptides like phytochelatins
    • C. bind aluminum to the cell wall
    • D. secrete citrate into the soil
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following statements is true regarding genomics?

    • Options
    • A. Plant genomics lags behind similar efforts in animals and microorganisms
    • B. Researchers can make use of genomic information even if the entire genome of an organism is not known
    • C. Researchers are busy in trying to determine the genome of the potato plant
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss


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