TRANSGENIC PLANT QUIZ

any of the above

gene for ALS (acetolactate synthase)

gene for EPSPS (5-enol-pyruvyl shikimat 3 phosphate synthase)

gene for GS (glutamine synthase)

inoculating the susceptible strain of a crop with a mild strain of a virus that helps in developing resistance against more virulent strain

any of the above

inoculating the susceptible strain with the coat proteins of virulent strain

inoculating the susceptible strain with genes of nucleocapsid

vaccine production

pharmaceutical production

textile production

nutrition improvement

bar gene in Streptomyces spp

none of these

both (a) and (b)

gene bxn in Klebsiella pneumoniae

cooling plants using the Peltier effect

increasing evaporative cooling from leaf surfaces

expressing the protein that activates expression of these genes all the time in plants

expressing a gene for production of antifreeze (ethylene glycol) in plants

Tomato

Peas

All of these

Peach

Passion fruit

Mango

Papaya

Lychee

Target molecule is made insensitive to herbicide

Target protein is overproduced

All of these

A pathway should be introduced that detoxify the herbicide

are used to produce human antibodies

are plants that differ in geographical locations

both (a) and (b)

contain foreign genes in their cells

Vaccinia virus containing a gene from the rabies virus

Strawberry seedlings sprayed with ice-minus bacteria

bt Corn

The flavrsavr tomato