NEETBiologyBiotechnology and Its ApplicationsMCQ+4 / −1
To obtain virus−free healthy plants from a diseased one by tissue culture technique, which
part/parts of the diseased plant will be taken ?
- AEpidermis only
- BPalisade parenchyma
- CBoth apical and axillary meristems
- DApical meristem only
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Correct answer: C
To obtain virus - free healthy plants from a diseased one by tissue culture technique, both apical and axillary meristems of the diseased plant will be taken. Plant tissue culture is used to maintain or grow plant cells, tissues or organs under sterile conditions on a nutrient culture medium of known composition. Plant tissue culture is widely used to produce clones of a plant in a method known as micro propagation.
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