30 NOVEMBER 2021 CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

Commercial sugarcane is heterozygons with germplasm from

5-7 Saccharum species

3-5 Saccharum species

7-9 Saccharum species

1-3 Saccharum species

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Which of the following has been confirmed on sugarcane genotypes?

Bacilliform virus

Cytomegalovirus

Erythrovirus

Varicella-zoster virus

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The hybrid embryo can be rescued from damage/collapse by growing it

at low water activity

at low pH

at low temperature

in artificial medium

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Cultivated tomato species (Lycopersicon esculentum) has a high degree of resistance towards

Solarium melongena

both (a) and (b)

L. peruviaanum

Meloidogyne spp.nematodes

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α and β cyclo dextrins are used for

All of these

pharmaceutical delivery system

removal of undesired compounds like caffeine from foods

flavour and odour enhancement in foods

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Which of the following mutant/(s) has/have increased amount of lysine and/or methionine in corn seeds?

All of these

Sugary-1

Flory-2

Opaque-2

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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?

L. birsutum

A. sterilis

L. peruvianum

A. tumefaciens

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Avermectins (AVM) are macrocyclic lactones which have potent antihelminthic and insecticidal action. They are generally derived from the mycelia of

Streptomyces avermitilis

B. thrunigiensis

P. flourescens

L. peruvianum

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Which of the following is the class of hybridization?

Intergeneric

Interspecific

Intervarietal

all of these

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

3-deoxyanthocyanidin

luteolinidin

apigeninidin

5-0 apigeninidin

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