Q.

The “Ti plasmid” of Agrobacterium tumefaciens stands for               [2024]

1 tumor inhibiting plasmid  
2 tumor independent plasmid  
3 tumor inducing plasmid  
4 temperature independent plasmid  

Ans.

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‘Ti plasmid’ of Agrobacterium tumefaciens stands for tumour inducing plasmid. The tumour inducing (Ti) plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens has been modified into cloning vector which is not pathogenic to the plants, however, it is still able to use its mechanisms to deliver genes of our interest into various plants.