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How can healthy potato plants to be obtained from a desired potato variety which is viral infected? Explain.

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Healthy potato plants can be obtained from a desired potato variety which is viral infected by the method of tissue culture.
The apical and axillary meristems of the infected plants are virus free.
Hence, they can removed and grown in-vitro to obtain healthy potato plants. This is one of the applications of tissue culture.
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