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Totipotency refers to...

Totipotency refers to

A

capacity to generate genetically identical plants

B

capacity to generate a whole plant from any plant cell/explant

C

capacity to generate hybrid protoplasts

D

recovery of healthy plants from diseased plants.

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Totipotency is the capacity to generate a whole plant from any cell or explant. Any part of a plants is taken out and grown in a test tube, under sterile conditions in special nutrient media to regenerate a whole plant by virtue of totipotency.
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