NEET Sample Paper NEET Sample Test Paper-89

  • question_answer
    Tobacco plants resistant to a nematode have been developed by the introduction of DNA that produced (in the host cells)

    A) both sense and anti-sense RNA

    B) a particular hormone

    C) an antifeedant

    D) a toxic protein

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    [a] RNA interference technique, sense & antisense RNA fused to form dsRNA that silent the expression of m-RNA of nematode. RNA interference is a novel strategy adopted to prevent infestation of nematode Meloidegyne incognitia in roots of tobacco plants.


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