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Explant is...

Explant is

A

plant collected after harvesting

B

Exploited part of a plant

C

Smal part of the plant meant for tissue culture

D

Uprooted for transplantation.

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c
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  • How many of the following statements given are incorrect ? (i) Pusa Gaurav , a variety of Brassica , is disease resistant for bacteria . (ii) Jaya and Ratna are varieties of wheat . (iii) Method of producing thousands of plants through tissue culture is called micropropagation. (iv) pusa Sawani is a variety of Brassica . (v) Capacity to generate a whole plant from any cell explants is called totipotency.

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    One
    B
    Two
    C
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  • Explant should be sterilized by:

    A
    Autoclaving
    B
    UV-lamp
    C
    Flame
    D
    Sodium hypochloride solution and detergent solution or chlorine water

  • Culturing of shoot apex as explant on nutrient medium in tissue culture gives to disease-free plants because :

    A
    Such an explant contains secondary metabolites
    B
    It contains toxins that prevent growth of other organism
    C
    Such explant is pathogen free
    D
    Sterilization kills all pathogens

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