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The Ti plasmid, is often used for making transgenic plants. The plasmid is found in:
BiologyBiotechnology and Its ApplicationsNEETNEET 2004
Options:
  • A Azotobacter
  • B Rhizobium of the roots of leguminous plants
  • C Agrobacterium
  • D Yeast as a $2 \mu \mathrm{m}$ plasmid.
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The correct answer is: Agrobacterium
$T i$ plasmid is isolated from Agrobacterium tumefaciens and has been modified into a cloning vector which is not pathogenic to plant but still is able to use the mechanisms to deliver genes of interest into plants.

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