Other than resistance to pests, what are the prospects for which genetically engineered plants have been created?

  1. To enable them to withstand drought
  2. To increase the nutritive value of the produce
  3. To enable them to grow and do photosynthesis in spaceships and space stations
  4. To increase their shelf life
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1 and 2 Only
b) 3 and 4 Only
c) 1, 2 and 4 Only
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4


Ans-[C] 
Explanation- Genetically engineered plants involves insertion of some outside gene to insert some desirable property in the genome of the plant. This technique have been produced to do mainly statement 1,2 and 4. Statement 3 is wrong. There are experiments growing on to make plant grow in zero gravity. This is not the application yet of GMO. You can read about this growth of plant experiment here

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