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Give the name of first transgenic plant.
Give the name of first transgenic plant.
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Tobacco's ease of transformation via Agrobacterium made it ideal for early transgenic experiments.
Updated On: Nov 10, 2025
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The first transgenic plant was tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), developed in 1983 by inserting antibiotic resistance genes using Agrobacterium tumefaciens, marking the beginning of plant genetic engineering.
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