Crop Plants Have Been Protected from Certain Insects by the Addition

question 15

Multiple Choice

Crop plants have been protected from certain insects by the addition of a gene for a specific insect toxin from the bacterium

• A)Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
• B)Bacillus thuringiensis.
• C)Herpes simplex.
• D)Pseudomonas.

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