Question

A man wants to grow a crop with a high yield for which he took the crop seeds to an agricultural scientist. The scientist processed the given crop seeds, gave a plant to man, and asked him to sow them in his field to obtain a high-yielding crop. Identify the method scientist have used here and explain.

Answer 1

In the given situation, the man gave seeds to the scientist for his desired crop characteristic and got a plant in return. This shows that scientist has used the method of Gene Modification. After which he sowed those seeds in his facility and gave him a plant. [2.5 Marks]

And we know that in the process of Genetic Modification the desired vector gene is introduced into the plant gene. After which the result is checked with the plant which grows from that seeds. [2.5 Marks]