Question

Flavr savr variety of tomato is the improved variety developed through ________

(a) hybridization between old varieties

(b) mutation variety

(c) incorporation of a transgene

(d) hybridization between a modern variety and a wild variety

This question was posed to me during an online interview.

The origin of the question is Biotechnology Applications in section Biotechnology and its Applications of Biology – Class 12

Answer 1

The correct answer is (c) incorporation of a transgene

The explanation is: Flavr savr is a genetically modified tomato developed through the incorporation of a transgene. The transgene introduced was the antisense PG gene which interferes with the enzyme called polygalacturonase thus increasing the shelf life of tomato.