1.Name the enzyme which is used to produce Flavr – Savr tomato.
2.Why is golden rice superior to normal rice?
3.How a future vaccine holds a promise of bypassing the need to visit the doctor regularly for childhood immunizations?
4. Why plants produce secondary metabolites?
5. Name the gene introduced in transgenic tomato for insect resistance.
6. When substance X is added to a plant tissue culture medium, it promoted rooting whereas substance Y is added, it promoted shooting. Identify substances X and Y?
7. You have been asked by an avocado grower, to find away to genetically engineer his crop to prevent it from ripening during shipping. What experimental approach would you suggest?
8.What factors dictate the choice of plant tissue culture media?
9. Name the major medias used in PTC.
10. Who is considered as father of PTC and why?
11. What do you understand by the term second green revolution?
12. A farmer wants to produce hybrid of mustard plants in his field. As a biotechnologist, what would you suggest to him to ensure successful pollination or fertilization?
13. What is an artificial seed?
14. Weeds compete with crop plants for nutrients, water etc. and are responsible for significant reduction in crop yields. As a biotechnologist, suggest a way to overcome this problem.
15. Execute the engineered biosynthetic pathway which leads to the production of valuable secondary metabolites for their overproduction.
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