Q. The cry gene is obtained from
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Bt toxin gene called the cry gene has been isolated from the bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis and introduced into the cotton and corn plants, where it encodes for a toxin, that protects the crop from insects such as bollworms and corn borers. There are a number of such genes for instance, the proteins encoded by gene cry IAc and cryIIAb controls cotton bollworm and that of cryIAb controls corn borer.