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Insect tolerant gene from Bacilus thurin...

Insect tolerant gene from Bacilus thuringiensis is introduced using Ti plasmid of

A

Escherichil coli

B

Haemophilus influenzae

C

Agrobacterium tumefaciens

D

Arabidopsis thaliana

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C
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