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With reference to the Genetically Modified mustard GM mustard developed in India consider the follow...........

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With reference to the Genetically Modified mustard (GM mustard) developed in India, consider the following statements :

1. GM mustard has the genes of a soil bacterium that give the plant the property of pest-resistance to a wide variety of pests.

2. GM mustard has the genes that allow the plant cross-pollination and hybridization.

3. GM mustard has been developed jointly by the IARI and Punjab Agricultural University.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Explanation:

GM mustard uses a system of genes from soil bacterium that makes the plant better suited to hybridisation than current methods. Statement 1 is incorrect.

Mainly two genes (‘barnase’ and ‘barstar’) that allow for cross-pollination and hybridisation in mustard, which is largely a self-pollinating plant because of its individual flowers containing both female and male reproductive organs. Therefore statement 2 is correct.

It is developed by at Delhi University and part-funded by the Department of Biotechnology, a division of the Science Ministry. Statement 3 is incorrect

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