Totipotency refers to

Options

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.

Answer

B

Explanation

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.