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What is true about Bt toxin ? (A) Bt protein exists as active toxin in the Bacillus. (B) The activated toxin enters the ovaries of the pest to sterilize it and thus prevent its multiplication. (C) The concerned Bacillus has antitoxins. (D) The inactive protoxin gets converted into active form in the insect gut.

A

Bt protein is an active poison in Bacillus

B

Active poison enters in the egg of the pest and makes it infertile So, the reproduction of pest stops.

C

Bacillus contains poisonous substance.

D

It goes to the lumen of the digestive tract of the pest where due to its lethal the pest dies.

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It goes to the lumen of the digestive tract of the pest where due to its lethal the pest dies.
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