NEET Biology question
Statement 1: Agrobacterium tumefaciens is popular in genetic engineering because this bacterium is associated with roots of all cereals and pulse crops. Statement 2: A gene incorporated into the T-DNA of the Ti-plasmid gets automatically transferred to the plant cell with which the bacterium is associated.
Answer: (D)
Solution
The assertion is false because Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a pathogen of dicot plants and does not infect cereals (which are monocots); the reason is true because a gene incorporated into
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