Question
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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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 7.50 | 50% | 25% | 0% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 7.50 | 63% | 13% | 0% |
Data
| Columbia Ly-α | Rochester B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RIT | Cornell Wind | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Cornell Fire | Rochester A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornell Earth | Rochester C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |