This organism inserts T-DNA into plants from a Ti plasmid. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this bacteria that causes crown gall disease.
ANSWER: Agrobacterium tumefaciens [or Agrobacterium radiobacter]
[10m] Calgene used Agrobacterium to insert antibiotic resistance and an antisense polygalacturonase gene to produce this product, a tomato with extended shelf life, which was a commercial flop.
ANSWER: Flavr Savr (“flavor saver”)
[10e] Agrobacterium was used to develop early strains of the beta-carotene rich golden strains of this crop obtained from oryza sativa.
ANSWER: rice
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