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Biotechnology and Its Applications
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State the use of Biodiversity in modern agriculture. 

Answer

Biodiversity is very instrumental in development of agriculture –
1. It helps in the conservation and promotes farming of all wild and native variety of plants.
2. Agricultural biodiversity is the base of our agricultural food chain, development and safeguard of live-stocks etc. For ensuring food security to all peoples.
3. It promotes sustainable management of agricultural resources. 

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How Bt toxin causes death of insect ?

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What is the process of silencing mRNA ?

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