The critical research areas of biotechnology include all the following except:
1. Providing the best catalyst in the form of improved organism usually a microbe or pure enzyme.
2. Creating optimal conditions through engineering for a catalyst to act.
3. Downstream processing technologies to purify the protein/organic compound.
4. Development of new genetically modified microbes that can be used as bio-weapons.
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Increased yield of crop during the green revolution was due to:
I. Use of improved crop varieties
II. Use of better management practices
III. Use of agrochemicals [fertilisers and pesticides]
 
1. Only I 2. Only I and III
3. Only I and II 4. I, II and III
Subtopic:  Intro to Agri Applications |
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The term ‘totipotency’ refers to the capacity of a:

1. cell to generate the whole plant

2. bud to generate the whole plant

3. seed to germinate

4. cell to enlarge in size

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The most important advantage of micropropagation is:

1. production of virus free plants
2. rapid production of a large number of genetically identical superior plants
3. creation of somaclonal variations for effective germplasm collection
4. production of transgenic plants

Subtopic:  Plant Tissue Culture |
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The plantlets produced during plant tissue culture are called somaclones because:

1. They can be produced in a very short span of time
2. They are the result of the somatic hybridization of two cells
3. The gametes develop parthenogenetically to produce genetically identical plantlets
4. They are genetically identical to the original plant from which they were grown

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Somaclonal variations are:

1. seen in plants that have been produced by plant tissue culture.
2. due to environmental factors and have no evolutionary advantage.
3. induced by mutations and are inherited.
4. not useful in plant breeding programs.
Subtopic:  Plant Tissue Culture |
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A crop gets infected with a certain virus and the farmers of the area suffer immense financial loss. You have been asked to help the farmers and you decide to improve the crop by raising virus-free plants through plant tissue culture. The explant you will choose must be:
1. Meristem 2. Anther
3. Embryo 4. Internode
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The first step to achieve somatic hybridization in plants will be:

1. growing individual cells into callus
2. fusion of two cells in the presence of polyethylene glycol
3. converting plant cells into protoplast by cellulase
4. growing plant cells in cytokinin

Subtopic:  Plant Tissue Culture |
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All the following are possible today with the use of GM crops except:
1. More tolerance to abiotic stresses
2. Alternative resources to industries
3. Increased efficiency of mineral usage by plants
4. Fixation of atmospheric nitrogen
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GM crops have been modified with various traits. Golden rice has been developed by the International Rice Research Institute for:

1. Improved shelf life 2. Disease resistance
3. Herbicide resistance 4. Improved nutritional value

Subtopic:  Other GM Crops |
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