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What do you understand by Bt-cotton? |
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Answer» Bt-cotton:- Soil bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) synthesizes a toxin that destroys larvas alimentary system of insects, thereby killing it. The gene responsible of Bt toxin has been successfully transferred to host plants such as cotton, tomato, potato, mustard and tobacco. Such transgenic plants are pestresistant. But there is a doubt that such plants may poison the soil which may become unlift for cultivation of other food items. |
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