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  • Can someone explain The crops engineered for glyphosate are resistant/ tolerant to:

The crops engineered for glyphosate are resistant/ tolerant to:

  • Option 1)

    Insects

  • Option 2)

    Herbicides

  • Option 3)

    Fungi

  • Option 4)

    Bacteria

 

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Methods of breeding for disease resistance crops -

  1. screening germplasm for resistance sources
  2. hybridisation of selected parents
  3. selection and evaluation of the hybrids
  4. testing and release of new varieties

- wherein

this is conventional method of breeding for disease resistance
 

 

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).


Option 1)

Insects

This option is incorrect

Option 2)

Herbicides

This option is correct

Option 3)

Fungi

This option is incorrect

Option 4)

Bacteria

This option is incorrect

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