SPECIAL PROTEINS AND CROP IMPROVEMENT QUIZ

Wheat variety Rendezvous, with resistance to eye spot (Pseudo-cercosporella herpotrichoides) derived from Aegilops ventricosa, has a chloroplast genome derived from

Aegilops

Both (a) and (b)

S alleles

Triticum

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The tumor phenotype, which can be maintained indefinitely in tissue culture, results from the expression of genes on the

m-RNA

c-DNA

r-DNA

T-DNA

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Cultivated tomato species (Lycopersicon esculentum) is highly susceptible to

Solarium melongena

Meloidogyne spp. nematodes

L. peruviaanum

both (a) and (b)

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Which of the following is the class of hybridization?

Intervarietal

all of these

Interspecific

Intergeneric

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Which of the following govern sporophytic self-incompatibility in Brassica?

S alleles

Aegilops

Triticum

Both (a) and (b)

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Which of the following mutant/(s) has/have increased amount of lysine and/or methionine in corn seeds?

Flory-2

Opaque-2

All of these

Sugary-1

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Which of the following have been used for cryo-preservation of germplasm with 90% tissue survival and 10%plant regeneration that are used in international exchange of germplasm?

Embryo cultures

Meristem tip cultures

Embryo cultures supplemented with GA3 and coconut milk

Both (a) and (b)

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Human serum albumin in case of transgenic plant is secreted in

transgenic stem tissues

transgenic leaf tissues

transgenic root tissues

is not secreted out of plant

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Which of the following has been confirmed on sugarcane genotypes?

Erythrovirus

Bacilliform virus

Varicella-zoster virus

Cytomegalovirus

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Human serum albumin has been synthesized by

transgenic potato and tobacco plants

transgenic maize plants

transgenic wheat plants

any of the above

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