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Special Proteins and Crop Improvement problems


  • 1. 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
  • Discuss
  • 2. Involvement of sugarcane phytoalexins in red-hot resistance has been observed. The phytoalexin compound is reported to be

  • Options
  • A. 3-deoxyanthocyanidin
  • B. luteolinidin
  • C. apigeninidin
  • D. 5-0 apigeninidin
  • Discuss
  • 3. 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
  • Discuss
  • 4. When the transposon jumps into an otherwise functional gene, it has the effect of

  • Options
  • A. blocking correct transcription
  • B. initiating correct transcription
  • C. propagating correct transcription
  • D. initiating some genetic codes
  • Discuss
  • 5. Human serum albumin in case of transgenic plant is secreted in

  • Options
  • A. transgenic leaf tissues
  • B. transgenic root tissues
  • C. is not secreted out of plant
  • D. transgenic stem tissues
  • Discuss
  • 6. Establishment of embryogenic cell suspensions with high regeneration potential is a pre-requisite for successful

  • Options
  • A. protoplast culture
  • B. detection of nucleic acid sequence
  • C. restriction of fragment length polymorphisms
  • D. microinjection
  • Discuss
  • 7. Which of the following transfers a set of genes encoded in a region called T-DNA of the Ti-plasmid into cells at wound positions?

  • Options
  • A. A. tumefaciens
  • B. L. peruvianum
  • C. L. birsutum
  • D. A. sterilis
  • Discuss
  • 8. ? and ? cyclo dextrins are produced by

  • Options
  • A. transgenic tomato
  • B. transgenic maize
  • C. transgenic potato
  • D. transgenic wheat
  • Discuss
  • 9. For increased level of mannitol in transgenic tobacco plants which of the following gene is transferred?

  • Options
  • A. Mannitol dehydrogenase
  • B. Mannitol synthease
  • C. Both (a) and (b)
  • D. Mannitol pyrophosphorylase
  • Discuss
  • 10. Which of the following mutant/(s) has/have increased amount of lysine and/or methionine in corn seeds?

  • Options
  • A. Opaque-2
  • B. Sugary-1
  • C. Flory-2
  • D. All of these
  • Discuss

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