Cultivation of Bt cotton has been much in the news. The prefix "Bt" means:-
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Cultivation of Bt cotton has been much in the news. The prefix "Bt" means:-
- "Barium-treated" cotton seeds.
- "Bigger thread" variety of cotton with batter tensile strength.
- Produced by "biotechnology" using restriction enzymes and ligases.
- Carrying an endotoxin gene from Bacillus thuringiensis.
Answer
(D) Carrying an endotoxin gene from Bacillus thuringiensis.
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