Ethnobotany
GMO
Biofuels
Ethnobotany 2
GMO 2
100

Plant that causes mouth numbness

What is the Toothache plant?

100

Used to cut up DNA

What are RE?

100

In the US ethanol is produced mostly from this crop 

What is corn?

100

Class of pigments responsible for purple

What are anthocyanins?

100

Enzyme that glues DNA together

What is ligase?

200
Plant that Morphine is produced 

What is Poppy?

200

Used to increase the number of pieces of DNA of interest

What is PCR?

200

Corn kernels are made of this sugar 

What is starch?

200

Used to create Digoxin

What is Foxglove?

200

Causes Crown Gall 

What is Agrobacterium?

300

Source of chemotherapy drug Taxol

What is the Yew? 

300

Year of first GMO on market

What is 1994?

300

Production of biodiesel is called this 

Transesterification 

300

World's most sold flavoring ingredient

What is menthol?


300

Golden rice leads to this vitamin production in humans 

What is Vitamin A?

400

This genus creates capsaicin 

What is Capsicum?

400

Toxin in certain GMO corn to prevent pests

What is BT toxin?

400

Most petroleum in the US goes towards this 

What is Transportation/gas

400
Plant precursor to aspirin

What is Willow?

400

Accumulated pigment in PinkGlow Pineapples

What is Lycopene?

500

Difference between Hemp and Marijuana 

What is the amount of THC?

500

Number of GMO crops in US (Not varieties, just types of crop. Ex: BT and HT corn is considered 1 type of crop--Corn)

What is 11?

500

Main crop for biodiesel production

What is soybeans?

500

Group of metabolites that contain N 

What are alkaloids?

500

Papaya in Hawai'i were modified to defend against this virus 

What is Papaya Ringspot Virus? (PRSV)

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