Antidigestive proteins in plants are the proteinase inhibitors. Found in legumes, tomato, and other plants, these substances block the action of herbivore proteolytic enzymes

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#Unit 12. Applied Biology

Cultivation of transgenic plants for the recovery of pharmaceutical compounds (medicines) is popularly known as 'pharming';

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#Unit 12. Applied Biology

Insect-resistant transgenic crops were first commercialized in the mid-1990s with the introduction of GM corn (maize), potato and cotton plants expressing genes encoding the entomocidal δ-endotoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis.

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#Unit 12. Applied Biology

The first commercial Bt cotton variety was released in USA by Monsanto (Bollgard), which contains Cry 1Ac gene of Bacillus thuringiensis. (first generation Bt-cotton)

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Second generation of improved Bt-cotton with two Bt-genes, now designated Bollgard II.  Bollgard II cotton contains Cry 1 A(c) and Cry II A(b).

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#Unit 12. Applied Biology

B. thuringiensis is a spore forming bacterium, which produces a crystal protein as parasporic inclusion in the vegetative cell containing the spore.