Question

Explain the application of biotechnology in

producing Bt cotton.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Bt' stands for the microbe Bacillus thuringiensis. This microbe produces an insecticidal protein or toxin that kills other insects such as tobacco budworm, flies, mosquitoes, beetles etc. ... Scientists isolated the Bt toxin genes from Bacillus thuringiensis and incorporated it into var

Answer 2

Explanation:

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ʙᴛ ᴛᴏxɪɴ ɢᴇɴᴇ ʜᴀs ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴄʟᴏɴᴇᴅ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀs ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴇxᴘʀᴇssᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴘʟᴀɴᴛs, ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅᴇ ʀᴇsɪsᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ɪɴsᴇᴄᴛs (ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ sʏɴᴛʜᴇᴛɪᴄ ɪɴsᴇᴄᴛɪᴄɪᴅᴇ). ʙᴛᴏxɪɴ ɢᴇɴᴇ ғᴏʀᴍs ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇɪɴ ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟs. ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟs ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴ ᴀ ᴛᴏxɪᴄ ɪɴsᴇᴄᴛɪᴄɪᴅᴀʟ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇɪɴ. ʙᴛ ᴛᴏxɪɴ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇɪɴ ᴇxɪsᴛs ᴀs ɪɴᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴏxɪɴ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏsᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴsᴇᴄᴛ ɪɴɢᴇsᴛs ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴛᴏxɪɴ, ɪᴛ ɪs ᴄᴏɴᴠᴇʀᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ғᴏʀᴍ ᴏғ ᴛᴏxɪɴ, ᴅᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴀʟᴋᴀʟɪɴᴇ ᴘʜ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴜᴛ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ sᴏʟᴜʙɪʟɪsᴇs ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀʏsᴛᴀʟs, ᴄᴀᴜsɪɴɢ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴsᴇᴄᴛ.