SPECIAL PROTEINS AND CROP IMPROVEMENT QUIZ

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

B. thrunigiensis

P. flourescens

Streptomyces avermitilis

L. peruvianum

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Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) is a method that

eliminate the expression of all genes in a biochemical pathway

stimulate production of sense RNA to compensate

activate the expression of all genes in a biochemical pathway

reveals intra-specific variation and diversity between species

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Which of the following have been used for cryo-preservation of germplasm with 90% tissue survival and 10%plant regeneration that are used in international exchange of germplasm?

Embryo cultures

Embryo cultures supplemented with GA3 and coconut milk

Meristem tip cultures

Both (a) and (b)

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Human serum albumin has been synthesized by

transgenic wheat plants

transgenic potato and tobacco plants

any of the above

transgenic maize plants

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

Meloidogyne spp.nematodes

both (a) and (b)

Solarium melongena

L. peruviaanum

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

Flory-2

Opaque-2

Sugary-1

All of these

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Meristem culture of banana enables

rapid multiplication

slow growth

elimination of bunch top virus disease

both (a) and (b)

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Wheat variety Rendezvous, with resistance to eye spot (Pseudo-cercosporella herpotrichoides) derived from Aegilops ventricosa, has a chloroplast genome derived from

Triticum

S alleles

Both (a) and (b)

Aegilops

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Which of the following is the class of hybridization?

Intergeneric

Interspecific

Intervarietal

all of these

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Cytoplast (somatic cell hybridization) is the process in which

two protoplast along with their nuclei fuse

two enucleated protoplasts fuse

a normal protoplast along with an enucleated protoplast fuse

both (a) and (b)

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