A) Tobacco and cotton
B) Tomato and rice
C) Maize and sugarcane
D) Tomato and wheat
Correct Answer: A
Solution :
Insect resistant transgenic plants contain either a gene from the bacterium B. thuringiensis or some other gene. In Bt cotton the insect resistant gene is transferred from Bacillus thuringiensis. The cry gene of Bacillus thuringiensis produces a protein which forms crystalline inclusions in the bacterial spores. The cry IA gene have been seccessfully transferred into tobacco, potato and tomato. The transgenic tobacco plant trilled the larvae insect Manduca sexta.
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