Question

First transgenic plant released for commercial use was

• A. Golden Rice
• B. Solan gola
  
• C. Bt Cotton
• D. Tobacco

Answer 1

The correct option is D Tobacco

Bt cotton
Bt cotton is a transgenic plant. It contains the cry gene from Bacillus thuringiensis. It is resistant to pests such as lepidopterans, dipterans, and coleopterans.
It is the transgenic plant released commercially in 2002.

Tobacco
The first genetically modified crop is an antibiotic-resistant tobacco plant. It was produced in 1983.
In China, in the year 1992, released the first transgenic plant for commercial use. It was tobacco having virus resistance.

Golden rice
Golden rice has been engineered to contain the gene encoding precursor of vitamin A (beta-carotene). This fights against the global problem of malnutrition.
The first expression of the beta-carotene gene in rice was accomplished in the year 1999.

Solan gola
Solan gola is a variety of tomatoes. It was developed by Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
It is not the first transgenic plant released for commercial use.

Final answer
b. Tobacco