Question

Transgenic plants are the ones

• A. Grown in artificial medium after hybridization in the field
• B. Generated by introducing foreign DNA into a cell and regenerating a plant from the cell
• C. Produced by a somatic embryo in artificial medium
• D. Produced after protoplast fusion in artificial medium

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Generated by introducing foreign DNA into a cell and regenerating a plant from the cell

Transgenic plants are the plants that carry a foreign gene of desired function from other organism. A single cell in most plant species can regenerate a whole plant. Transgenic crop plants have many beneficial traits like insect- resistance, herbicide tolerance, delayed fruit ripening, improved oil quality, weed control etc.