Transformation for herbicide resistance

Transgenic hot peppers showing resistance to bialaphos, a non-selective herbicidehavebeen generated⁶⁰ by transfer of the bar genevia A. tumefaciens. Transgenic plants were capable of withstanding 5000 mg^-1L of bialaphos applied to the leaves. Sweet peppers expressing the pat (phosphinothricin Nacetyl transferase) gene introduced via. Atumefaciens exhibited  tolerance to applications of 0.44% of the commercial preparation of Basta containing 20% phosphinothricin.⁶¹