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Isolation of Bt-gene from bacterium (Bac...

Isolation of Bt-gene from bacterium (Bacillus thuringiensis) was taken up in the year:

A

1977

B

1980

C

1997

D

1990

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The correct Answer is:
B
The first transgenic Bt plant was developed in the mid 1980s.
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