Transgenic Plants
Transgenic Plants: Overview
This topic covers the concept of Transgenic Plants.
Important Questions on Transgenic Plants
Give one example for each of transgenic plants which are suitable for food processing and those with improved nutritional quality.
Transgenic plant roundup ready soya beans are resistant to
The first transgenic plant is
What is transgenic plants? Describe about its development and utility.
Define the Transgenic plant.
Genetically modified plants are generally not introduced as food because
Transgenic plants are the ones
Which tropical fruit crop has been successfully engineered to be protected against a lethal virus?
A transgenic crop that is resistant to hornworm larvae is
Consider the following statements about genetically modified organisms
a. Genetically modified crops have less tolerance power to abiotic stresses (cold, drought, salt, heat).
b. Transgenic mice are being used to test the safety of the polio vaccine.
c. Transgenic cow, Rosie, produced human protein enriched milk (2.4 grams per litre).
d. Transgenic animals are made that carry genes which make them less sensitive to toxic substances than non-transgenic animals. So these are also used for chemical safety testing.
Which two of the above statements are incorrect?
Study the following columns and choose the correct option.
| Column-I | Column- II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) | Synthetic seeds | (1) | Anther culture |
| (B) | Gene cloning | (2) | Interspecific hybridization |
| (C) | Haploid plants | (3) | Polymerase chain reaction |
| (D) | Transgenic plants | (4) | Recombinant DNA technology |
| (5) | Somatic embryogenesis |
The main objective of the use of herbicide-resistant GM crops is to
Transgenic crops are modified through genetic engineering to develop natural resistance to insect pests. Which of these pairs consists of transgenic crops?
