Cultivation of Bt cotton has been much in the news. The pre…

Biology Biotechnology and Its Application NCERT Single Correct MCQ

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Published on: August 20, 2026

Cultivation of Bt cotton has been much in the news. The prefix Bt means

barium treated cotton seeds

bigger thread variety of cotton with better tensile strength

produced by biotechnology using restriction enzymes and ligases

carrying an endotoxin gene from Bacillus thuringiensis

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Bt cotton is genetically engineered to contain the Bt gene, which produces an endotoxin that kills certain insect pests, reducing crop damage.

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