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RNA interference which is employed in making tobacco plant resistant to Meloidegyne incognita is essentially involved in

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preventing the process of replication of DNA
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preventing the process of translation of mRNA
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preventing the process of splicing of hnRNA
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preventing the process of transcription
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The correct option is B preventing the process of translation of mRNA
RNA interference is a gene-silencing process that blocks the expression of genes in the parasite when it enters the host's body.RNA is a method adopted to prevent infestation of roots of tobacco plants by a nematode Meloidogyne incognita. In RNA, a complementary RNA binds to mRNA to form a ds RNA that cannot translate and hence, its expression is blocked.
So, the correct option is 'Preventing the process of translation of mRNA'.

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