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  • Question
  • For developing herbicide resistance in transgenic plants which of the following approach/(es) is/are used?


  • Options
  • A. Target molecule is made insensitive to herbicide
  • B. Target protein is overproduced
  • C. A pathway should be introduced that detoxify the herbicide
  • D. All of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • All of the above 


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    • 1. Which cell-based technology endows a cell with increased ability to harness energy?

    • Options
    • A. Chlybridization
    • B. Cybridization
    • C. Mibridization
    • D. Protoplast fusion
    • Discuss
    • 2. Transplastomics

    • Options
    • A. targets genes in the chloroplast
    • B. provides exceptionally low yields of protein products
    • C. produces genes that are released in pollen
    • D. offers little opportunity for practical use
    • Discuss
    • 3. A naturally occurring variant, possessing characteristics of interest, is identified. This plant is selectively bred. This is an example of

    • Options
    • A. traditional plant breeding
    • B. transgenic technology
    • C. mutant selection
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. Bruise resistant tomatoes have been developed by the expression of antisense RNA against

    • Options
    • A. glycerol 1 phosphate acyl transferase
    • B. polygalactouranase
    • C. ACC deaminase
    • D. Sucrose phosphate synthase gene
    • Discuss
    • 5. In transgenic plants that have been manipulated to express patho-genesis-related (PR) proteins all the time it has been shown that

    • Options
    • A. these provide no protection at all against pathogens
    • B. expression of one PR protein provides high levels of protection against many pathogens
    • C. expression of two PR proteins provides some protection against a few pathogens
    • D. these proteins trigger the production of other antimicrobial defenses
    • Discuss
    • 6. A __________ is a small laboratory set up to simulate conditions of a particular environment.

    • Options
    • A. microcosm
    • B. mibridization
    • C. bioremediation
    • D. rhizosecretion
    • Discuss
    • 7. Resistance to L-phosphinothrium in tobacco plants is 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
    • 8. Which of the following gene detoxify herbicide bronoxynil?

    • Options
    • A. Nitrilase
    • B. Glutathione S-transferase (GST)
    • C. Phosphinothricin acetyl transferase
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following is not true about synthetic seeds?

    • Options
    • A. Can be stored for a year without the loss of valuables
    • B. Easy to handle
    • C. Can be directly sown in the soil like natural seeds
    • D. Need hardening in the green house
    • Discuss
    • 10. Recalcitrant seeds are

    • Options
    • A. resistant to drying and freezing temperature
    • B. killed by drying and freezing temperature
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of above
    • Discuss


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