Which of the following statement is incorrect about Agrobacterium tumifaciens?

Which of the following statement is incorrect about Agrobacterium tumifaciens?
  1. It transforms normal plant cells into tumorous cells.
  2. It delivers 'T-DNA' into plant cell.
  3. It is used to deliver gene of interest in both prokaryotic as well as eukaryotic host cells.
  4. 'Ti' plasmid from Agrobacterium tumifaciens used for gene transfer is not pathogenic to plant cells.

Solution

Option (3) is the correct answer because Agrobacterium tumefaciens is used to deliver gene of interest into a variety of plant i.e., in eukaryotic host cells. Options (1), (2) and (4) are not the correct answer because all these statements are correct w.r.t. Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

Asked in: NEET 2023 (Manipur)

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