SPECIAL PROTEINS AND CROP IMPROVEMENT QUIZ

Plant tissue culture technique is used to select somaclones that are

not resistant to herbicide

not resistant to insecticides

resistant to herbicide

resistant to insecticides

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α and β cyclo dextrins are used for

flavour and odour enhancement in foods

pharmaceutical delivery system

removal of undesired compounds like caffeine from foods

All of these

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Cultivated tomato species (Lycopersicon esculentum) is highly susceptible to

both (a) and (b)

Solarium melongena

Meloidogyne spp. nematodes

L. peruviaanum

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

both (a) and (b)

Meloidogyne spp.nematodes

L. peruviaanum

Solarium melongena

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Protoplast fusion technique generally involves

isolation only

hybridization between two species

isolation and fusion

isolation, fusion and culturing

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Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) is a method that

activate the expression of all genes in a biochemical pathway

stimulate production of sense RNA to compensate

reveals intra-specific variation and diversity between species

eliminate the expression of all genes in a biochemical pathway

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For increased level of mannitol in transgenic tobacco plants which of the following gene is transferred?

Mannitol synthease

Mannitol pyrophosphorylase

Mannitol dehydrogenase

Both (a) and (b)

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Human serum albumin in case of transgenic plant is secreted in

transgenic stem tissues

transgenic leaf tissues

transgenic root tissues

is not secreted out of plant

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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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When the transposon jumps into an otherwise functional gene, it has the effect of

blocking correct transcription

propagating correct transcription

initiating some genetic codes

initiating correct transcription

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