Being pest resistance is one of the traits that are being introduced to plants like corn and eggplant with the insertion of Bt-toxin gene to plant cell. What method is use when a gene is inserted to plants? A. Biolistic B. Electroporation C. Plasmid insertion by heat shock treatment D. All of these

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4. Being pest resistance is one of the traits that are being introduced to plants like corn and eggplant with the insertion of Bt-toxin gene to plant cell. What method is use when a gene is inserted to plants?
A. Biolistic

B. Electroporation

C. Plasmid insertion by heat shock treatment

D. All of these

5. A biotechnologist wants to enhance the size of duhat fruit because research shows that it can lower blood sugar but is very expensive in the market. What could be the possible source of organism which contains the gene that is responsible for the development of large fruits.?
A. Lanka.

B. Chico.

C. Strawberry

D. Mango

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