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Biotechnology And Its Applications

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The crops engineered for glyphosate are resistant/ tolerant to

  • fungi

  • bacteria

  • insects

  • herbicides

Solution

D.

herbicides

Glyphosate (N-phosphonomethyl glycine) is systemic broad spectrum herbicide used to kill weeds especially broad leaves and grasses. It is used to engineer new crop for having herbicides tolerance (resistant).

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What is the process of silencing mRNA ?

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