Question

Write a brief note on pest resistant plants.?

Answer 1

Pest resistant GM crops (primarily cotton and maize), have been genetically modified so they are toxic to certain insects. They are often called Bt crops because the introduced genes were originally identified in a bacterial species called Bacillus thuringiensis. These bacteria produce a group of toxins called Cry toxins.


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Answer 2

Pest resistance plant

• Many nematodes live in plants and animal including human beings. A nematodes/ meloideyne incognitia infects the roots of tobacco plants and causes a great reduction in yield.

• A noval strategy was adopted to prevent this infection that was based on the process of RNA interference (RNAi).

• it is takes place in over all Eukaryotic organisms by the law of cellular defense. In This method involves silencing of a specific mRNA due to a complementary dsRNA molecule which binds to and prevents translation of mRNA.