Q. $Bt$ tobacoo was first cultured to kill

A) Hornworm
B) Bollworm
C) Stem borer
D) Tobacco budworm
Explanation

Bt tobacco was first cultured to kill hornworm. Tobacco plants containing a gene from a bacterium, Bacillus thruinginesis have been produced. This bacterial gene specifies an insecticidal protein that destroys the stomach lining of insects and kills them. The tobacco plants with this gene produces their own insecticide

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