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What is true about Bt toxin?

Options

  1. AThe concerned Bacillus has antitoxins
  2. BThe inactive protoxin gets converted into active form in the insect gut
  3. CBt protein exists as active toxin in the Bacillus
  4. DThe activated toxin enters the ovaries of the pest to sterillise it and thus prevent its multiplication.

Correct answer

B. The inactive protoxin gets converted into active form in the insect gut

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