Biotechnology in Agriculture
Biotechnology in Agriculture: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Bt Cotton, Biotechnology and its Applications, Golden Rice, RNA Interference, Flavr Savr Tomato, Bt Brinjal, Biotechnological Applications in Agriculture and, Pest Resistant Plants
Important Questions on Biotechnology in Agriculture
Choose the mechanism that is used in the tobacco plants that are introduced with nematode-specific using certain vectors.

Identify the cry-genes that control corn borer:

Identify the source of cry genes from the given options:

Transgenic tobacco plants are protected against:

'Meloidogyne incognita' infects the root of which plant and causes a great reduction in yield

interference takes place in all eukaryotic organisms as a method of cellular defence. This method involves silencing of a specific due to a molecule:

Which match is correct for the enzyme which is used to extract DNA in following organism?


Bacillus thuringiensis is:

Hybrid maize released in the year was rich in

The DNA that has been introduced in tobacco plants to provide resistance against nematode, produces

Identify the correct match from the following:

Select the odd one out:

Which method of crop improvement can be practised by a farmer if he is inexperienced?

A protoxin is

The crops engineered for glyphosate are resistant/tolerant to

Transgenic plants are the ones

Somaclones are obtained by

The process of removing stamens from the flower bud during hybridization is called

Desired improved variety of economically useful crops are raised by
