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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
Transgenic Plant problems
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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
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Correct Answer: Phosphinothricin acetyl transferase
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
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Correct Answer: Mutant selection
3. Which of the following dies from Ti plasmid infection?
Options
A. Rice
B. Corn
C. Sorghum
D. All of these
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Correct Answer: All of these
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
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Correct Answer:
bar
gene in
Streptomyces
spp
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
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Correct Answer: different, identical
6. Which of the following self-pollinating plant/(s) tend to be homozygous?
Options
A. Peas
B. Tomato
C. Peach
D. All of these
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Correct Answer: All of these
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
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Correct Answer: Public preference for organic vegetables
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
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Correct Answer: Glutathione S-transferase (GST)
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
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Correct Answer: secrete citrate into the soil
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
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Correct Answer: All of the above
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