Plant cell has a property called ‘totipotency’ by which each cell can grow into a new plant under in vitro conditions.
Advantages of micropropagation are: (i) Thousands of plants can be grown in a short period. (ii) By culturing the meristems of virus infected plants, virus-free healthy plants can be raised. (iii) Plants are genetically identical, so certain desirable characters can be continued through generations. (iv) Hybrids can be produced by somatic hybridisation.
Mention the property of plant cells that has helped them to grow into a new plant in in vitro Explain the advantages of micropropagation.
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Plant cell has a property called ‘totipotency’ by which each cell can grow into a new plant under in vitro conditions.
Advantages of micropropagation are:
(i) Thousands of plants can be grown in a short period.
(ii) By culturing the meristems of virus infected plants, virus-free healthy plants can be raised.
(iii) Plants are genetically identical, so certain desirable characters can be continued through generations.
(iv) Hybrids can be produced by somatic hybridisation.