Which among the following is a tumor inducing virus ,which is widely used in the production of transgenic plants ? |
Salmonella typhimurium . Escherichia coli. Streptococcus . Agrobacterium
tumifaciens . |
Agrobacterium tumifaciens . |
The tumor inducing (Ti) plasmid of Agrobacterium tumifaciens has now been modified into a cloning vector which is no more pathogenic to the plants but is still able to use the mechanisms to deliver genes of our interest into a variety of plants. |