What is true about Bt toxin

Biology Biotechnology and Its Application Transgenic Animals Single Correct MCQ

Published by: CGP EDU Academic Team

Published on: August 12, 2026

Bt toxin exists as active toxin in the bacillus

The activated toxin enters the ovaries of the pest to sterilise it and thus prevent its multiplication

The concurred Borcillus las anti toxins

The inactive protoxin gets converted into an active form in the insect cut

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Bt toxin is produced as an inactive protoxin in Bacillus thuringiensis and becomes active only in the alkaline gut of insects, where it kills them.

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