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Cultivation of Bt cotton has been much the news. The prefix “Bt” means

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“Barium - treated” cotton seeds
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“Bigger thread” variety of cotton with better tensile strength
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Production by “biotechnology” using restriction enzymes and ligases
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Carrying an endotoxin gene from Bacillus thuringiensis
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The correct option is D Carrying an endotoxin gene from Bacillus thuringiensis

BT - cotton is a genetically modified crop, which carries an endotoxin gene, that makes the crop resistance to Ballworm.


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