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In Bt cotton, a transgenic plant, Bt refers to

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Biotechnology
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Bacillus thurungiensis
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Botanical
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Beta
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Solution

The correct option is A Bacillus thurungiensis
Bt cotton is a genetically modified plant produced by injecting the gene of Bacillus thuringiensis, a bacteria that produces a toxin which is insecticidal in nature. This toxin gene helps to produce insecticide in plant tissues and thus protects them from the attack of larvae of moths, butterflies, cotton bollworms.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.

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