Give the meaning of the following terms :
a) Explant
b) Totipotency
c) Somaclones
d) Somatic hybrids
e) Micropropagation

Explanation

a) Explants:- Any part of a plant taken out and grown in a test tube under sterile conditions in a special nutrient media used in tissue culture are called explants
b) Totipotency:- The capacity of a plant cell to develop in to a complete plant is called totipotency.
c) Somaclones:- Plantlet obtained during micro propagation are genetically identical to the original plant from which it is derived, are called somaclones.
d) Somatic hybrids:- The plants obtained by fusion of protoplats of two different plants are called somatic hybrids.
e) Micro propagation:- The method of production of thousand of plants using explant through tissue culture technique is called micro propagation