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  • Question
  • Which of the following compounds has been produced in transgenic plants to improve tolerance to salt stress and water deficit?


  • Options
  • A. Sucrose
  • B. Mannitol
  • C. Nicotine
  • D. Octopine

  • Correct Answer
  • Mannitol 


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    • 1. Low temperatures induce the expression of many cold-induced genes. Transgenic plants with improved cold tolerance have been produced by

    • Options
    • A. expressing the protein that activates expression of these genes all the time in plants
    • B. cooling plants using the Peltier effect
    • C. expressing a gene for production of antifreeze (ethylene glycol) in plants
    • D. increasing evaporative cooling from leaf surfaces
    • Discuss
    • 2. Two genes from a bacterium (Alcaligenes eutrophus) and a cotton gene produce

    • Options
    • A. a plastic
    • B. a vaccine against the bacterium
    • C. a pharmaceutical product
    • D. herbicide resistance
    • Discuss
    • 3. Resistance to sulphonyl urea compounds in transgenic tobacco plant has been developed by the transfer of

    • Options
    • A. gene for EPSPS (5-enol-pyruvyl shikimat 3 phosphate synthase)
    • B. gene for ALS (acetolactate synthase)
    • C. gene for GS (glutamine synthase)
    • D. any of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following statements is true regarding genomics?

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    • 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
    • 5. Transgenic plants with increased tolerance to aluminum have been produced by making plants that

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    • 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
    • 6. Which of the following has been widely used to provide resistance against plant viruses?

    • Options
    • A. Virus resistance genes from bacteria
    • B. Expression of virus coat protein genes in transgenic plants
    • C. Expression of anti-virus genes in vectors that transmit viruses
    • D. Expression of ribonuclease (RNase) genes in host plants
    • Discuss
    • 7. Cross protection against viruses in transgenic plants can be obtained by

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    • A. inoculating the susceptible strain of a crop with a mild strain of a virus that helps in developing resistance against more virulent strain
    • B. inoculating the susceptible strain with the coat proteins of virulent strain
    • C. inoculating the susceptible strain with genes of nucleocapsid
    • D. any of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. Reducing the expression of pectin methylesterase (PME) has resulted in

    • Options
    • A. plants with resistance to bacteria and fungi
    • B. tomato juice that has higher viscosity
    • C. tomato fruit that last longer before they become rotten
    • D. tomato fruit that will not ripen
    • Discuss
    • 9. The controversy regarding the use of Bt corn is that it

    • Options
    • A. is potentially harmful to monarch butterflies
    • B. is a potential allergen to humans
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. can contaminate groundwater
    • Discuss
    • 10. The first field tests were conducted with which of the following genetically altered organism?

    • Options
    • A. bt Corn
    • B. Vaccinia virus containing a gene from the rabies virus
    • C. The flavrsavr tomato
    • D. Strawberry seedlings sprayed with ice-minus bacteria
    • Discuss


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