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
Which of the following is the use of biotechnology in modern 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:

Which of the following soil bacterium produces a protein/chemical that is toxic to insect pests?

Identify the source of cry genes from the given options:

Transgenic tobacco plants are protected against:

Name two plants which is used as biopesticide inorganic farming.

How can our knowledge of genetics help in improving crop production?

Is consumption of genetically modified organisms are harmful?

Observe the figure and answer the following question:
Identify the process given in the above figure.

Bt toxin is

Cry-IAC effectively controls,

Silencing of specific in is by

A plasmid from which bacterium is used as a vector to deliver a piece of DNA into dicot plants?

For generating 'Golden rice' two genes (encoding for phytoene synthase and beta-cyclase) were taken from a plant and one (encoding for phytoene desaturase) from a soil bacterium Erwinia uredovora for beta-carotene biosynthesis. The two plant genes were taken from which of the following plants?

Which of the following statement is incorrect for 'Genetically Modified plants'?

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

Pick out the odd one from the following.

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

Bt-toxin is obtained from
