Which is not true about a crown gall tumor?
A)It is a bacterial infection of plants.
B)It requires a plasmid.
C)It produces a large amount of opines that neither the plant nor bacteria synthesizes.
D)It is due to the incorporation of bacterial plasmid DNA into the plant chromosome.
E)All of the choices are true.

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All the statements about crown gall tumor are true. It is caused by the bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens, which transfers a portion of its plasmid DNA into the plant, leading to tumor formation and opine production.

Which Is Not True About a Crown Gall Tumor