Agrobacterium tumefacieps is a pathogen of several dicot plants. It is used as a natural genetic engineer because it is able to deliver a piece of its DNA (called T-DNA) to transform normal plant cells into tumour cells and direct the tumour cells to synthesise the chemicals required by the pathogen.
Biotechnologists refer to Agrobacterium tumefaciens as natural genetic engineer of plants. Give reasons to support the statement.
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Sahilesh
Agrobacterium tumefacieps is a pathogen of several dicot plants. It is used as a natural genetic engineer because it is able to deliver a piece of its DNA (called T-DNA) to transform normal plant cells into tumour cells and direct the tumour cells to synthesise the chemicals required by the pathogen.