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(C) The first transgenic plant to be successfully produced was tobacco $(Nicotiana \, tabacum)$.This milestone was achieved in $1983$ by researchers who introduced an antibiotic resistance gene into the tobacco plant using $Agrobacterium \, tumefaciens$ as a vector.Therefore, the correct option is $C$.