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Which one of the following is commonly used in transfer of foreign into crop plants?

  1. A
    Meloidogyne incognita
  2. B
    Agrobacterium tumefaciens
  3. C
    Penicillium expansum
  4. D
    Trichoderma harzianum

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Agrobacterium tumefaciens is known as the "natural genetic engineer" of plants. It contains the Ti-plasmid (Tumor inducing plasmid), which can be modified to deliver desirable genes into a wide variety of dicot plants.

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Which one of the following is commonly used in transfer of foreign into crop plants?
A
Meloidogyne incognita
B
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
C
Penicillium expansum
D
Trichoderma harzianum

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