Consider the following techniques phenomena 1 Budding and grafting in fruit plants 2 Cytoplasmic mal......

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Consider the following techniques/phenomena:
1. Budding and grafting in fruit plants
2. Cytoplasmic male sterility
3. Gene silencing
Which of the above is/are used to create transgenic crops?

1 only

Both 2 and 3

Both 1 and 3

All of the above

None of the above

Explanation:

A transgenic crop is a genetically modified organism (GMO). Transgenic indicates that a transfer of genes has occurred using recombinant DNA technology. Generally, a transgenic crop contains one or more genes that have been inserted artificially either from an unrelated plant or from different species altogether.