Question

Assertion (A): In Bt cotton, B. thuringiensis produces a toxic insecticidal crystalline protein which destroys bollworms.

Reason (R): B. thuringiensis produces this toxic protein in an inactive form, but when an insect ingests this inactive protein, it is converted into active form of toxin due to the alkaline pH of gut which solubilises the crystals, which is responsible for the death of bollworm. 

Options

• Assertion is correct and Reason is wrong

• Assertion is wrong and Reason is correct

• Assertion and Reason both are correct but Reason is not the explanation of Assertion

• Assertion and Reason both are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

Answer 1

Assertion is wrong and Reason is correct.